{"id":15776,"date":"2022-03-09T10:26:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T09:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diagraph.de\/hot-stamping-vs-thermal-transfer-printing\/"},"modified":"2022-03-09T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T09:27:00","slug":"hot-stamping-vs-thermal-transfer-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diagraph.de\/en\/hot-stamping-vs-thermal-transfer-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot stamping vs. thermal transfer printing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent years, it has been widely heard that hot stamping is a dying printing technology in the marking industry. Many marking equipment vendors prioritize the virtues of thermal transfer printers (TTO) higher than the capabilities of hot stamp coders. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At DIAGRAPH &#8211; as a manufacturer of both thermal transfer printers and hot stamping devices &#8211; we believe that there is a justification for <strong>both technologies<\/strong> as they are characterized by <strong>very different capabilities<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The benefits of hot stamp coders<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hot stamp coders deliver <strong>constant print quality at very high speeds<\/strong> (up to 800 prints\/minute). They consist mainly of mechanical components, which makes service and maintenance easy.<\/li><li>A hot stamp coder is <strong>almost indestructible<\/strong> and it is almost always possible to repair it economically. <\/li><li>Since the print image is composed of surface-hardened steel engravings in hot stamping, the <strong>ideal application<\/strong> is to be found where the <strong>print image only needs to be changed occasionally<\/strong>. The green dot and the recycling symbol are typical examples. <\/li><li>Longer set-up times compared to thermal transfer printers can be largely compensated by <strong>using an additional interchangeable magazine<\/strong> and interchangeable type holder. With this you can minimize the times for foil changes and print layout changes, if necessary. <\/li><li>It is possible to <strong>print many different materials without any problems.<\/strong> <\/li><li>In addition, the <strong>print image<\/strong> is also <strong>embossed<\/strong> into the product (depending on the surface hardness of the material), which increases process reliability or can also be used as sole coding without a color ribbon.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br\/>The advantages of thermal transfer printers <\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>When it comes to <strong>printing barcodes, graphics<\/strong> and a variety of <strong>variable data<\/strong> onto films and labels, it&#8217;s hard to beat the versatility of thermal transfer printers. <\/li><li>Our thermal transfer printers are <strong>network-capable<\/strong> and can therefore be connected to all common database types. This also makes it possible to process <strong>complex print images<\/strong> reliably and in real time.<\/li><li>With the appropriate <strong>design software<\/strong>, the print images can be conveniently created on the computer. The software offers numerous assistants that accompany the creation of GS1 barcodes step by step, for example. <\/li><li>Since thermal transfer printers can be used in <strong>continuous and intermittent applications<\/strong>, there are also many options for mechanical integration. <\/li><li>Our thermal transfer printers are very <strong>different in their print image sizes<\/strong>. They cover print areas from a few square millimeters up to 213mm x 1000mm. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion <\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Hot stamp<\/strong> is particularly suitable for <strong>high printing rates<\/strong> and <strong>fixed print images<\/strong>. Hot foil coders are <strong>cheap<\/strong> to buy, easy to maintain and very <strong>robust<\/strong>. <\/li><li><strong>Thermal transfer printers<\/strong> offer a variety of solutions as soon as <strong>variable data<\/strong> needs to be printed or a <strong>connection to a database<\/strong> is required. They enable very <strong>small<\/strong> but also <strong>very large<\/strong> print images on foils and labels. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Request advice <\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to find out which technology is best for your application, our experts would be happy if you contact us.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ITW Diagraph GmbH<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email:                 <a href=\"mailto:Info@diagraph.de\">Info@diagraph.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phone:              +49 (0)931-250 760<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What advantages do hot stampers offer and when does the use of thermal transfer printers make sense.<br \/>\nRead more&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":15774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice","wpbf-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diagraph.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diagraph.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diagraph.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diagraph.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diagraph.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diagraph.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diagraph.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diagraph.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diagraph.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diagraph.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}