What is a Thermal Inkjet printer

In the 1980s, thermal inkjet printers were designed and developed by Hewlett-Packard, and have gotten more and more efficient and cost-effective until now.

What is a Thermal Inkjet printer?

A thermal inkjet printer is a type of inkjet printer that uses thermal energy or electricity to spray ink through small nozzles of ink cartridges onto mediums such as  LDPE bottles, aluminium cans, film, coated cards, plastics and cardboard boxes, to generate high-resolution texts, codes and even images on various kinds of surfaces.

How does a thermal inkjet printer work? 

In the ink cartridges of thermal inkjet printers, there are heating elements that generate high temperatures. Under a certain voltage, hundreds of tiny nozzles heat up the ink in the ink cartridges and the printers eject the ink from the nozzles, so as to get a high printing resolution.

What materials can TIJ printers print onto? 

Paper, carton, wood, glass, aluminum foil, BOPP, PA, PE, PP, OPP, PET2, etc.

What type of information can Thermal Inkjet printers print? 

Text, batch codes, date, time, batch number

Logos and graphics, including symbols, QR codes, barcodes, counter, GS1 code, logo, DataMatrix

Variable code, variable data, etc.

Key advantages of thermal inkjet pinters

Easy, quick and clean to exchange for new ink

Easy to install and operate

High resolution

Various ink types for porous, semi-porous and non-porous surfaces

Print directly on package surfaces, no need for labels