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What are the three main types of direct thermal label material?
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Economy paper, top coated paper and coated paper.
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What are the limitations of using direct thermal material?
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The print will start to fade after 6-9 months unless exposed to direct sunlight, in which case the print will fade much quicker.
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What are the advantages of using a top coated direct thermal paper?
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The material has a much better resistance to marking when scuffed and moisture damage. The material is also more resistant to fading.
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What is the advantage of using coated direct thermal paper?
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It is highly resistant to moisture as both sides of the label material is coated.
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Are there any other types of direct thermal label available?
| Other types of material include card tag labels and specialist synthetics.
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What are the two main types of thermal transfer paper?
| The main types of thermal transfer material are matt paper and semi-gloss paper.
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What type of adhesive is used on thermal transfer material?
| The adhesive used is permanent acrylic.
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| What is the typical operating temperature range of permanent adhesive? | -20 to +80 Degrees C depending on label material. |
What are the most common label adhesive types?
| The most common adhesives are removable and freezer.
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What is the typical operating temperature range for freezer adhesive?
| -40 to +60 Degrees C depending on the label material. |
What is the most durable label material?
| The most durable material is polyester (PET).
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What is the most common application for polyester label material?
| The most common applications for these labels are Asset Tracking and Serial Labelling.
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What is the main disadvantage of using polyester material?
| Due to its high level of rigidity the material can come unstuck when applied to a curved surface.
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What is the advantage of Polypropylene over Polyester material?
| Polypropylene is lower cost than polyester material but not as hard or rigid, suitable for outdoor use and resistant to blood, oil and alcohol.
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What are the most common applications for Polypropylene material?
| Chemical labels and document labels where a long print life is required. |
What is the main advantage of using Polyethylene material?
| It is less rigid than polyester and polypropylene material and will adhere to curved surfaces e.g. laboratory vials.
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What type of label material is tamper resistant?
| Ultra destruct vinyl material.
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What happens when you try to remove a tamper resistant label?
| The label breaks up into small pieces.
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What are the two types of tamper evident label material?
| The two types are VOID or chequered label materials.
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How do these materials react when someone tries to remove them?
| They leave a VOID or chequered pattern behind on the product and the label cannot be used again.
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How are my labels presented?
| There are two ways your labels can be presented, either on rolls or fan-folded.
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What is the advantage of fan-folded labels?
| Fan-folded labels will fold themselves into a stack when they exit the printer, avoiding the need for a rewinder.
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