What is the best plastic card printer?

Which plastic card printer to choose?

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Thermal Print Head Plastic Card Printer vs Inkjet Card Printer, Which is Better?

When comparing plastic card printing technologies To print ID cards, membership cards, and other cards that have personal information printed on the card’s face. If we search for information from Internet, we often find printers in the main two types, namely plastic card printers with a thermal print head (Thermal Print) and an Inkjet card printer in this article, let’s get to know. both technologies and compare the advantages and disadvantages of each type to make them suitable for use.

Inkjet card printer

เครื่องพิมพ์บัตรแบบน้ำหมึก Inkjet

Many of you are familiar with Inkjet printing because we use it to print general documents. The printing style consists of a print head that injects color. The color ink is a liquid form. clearly separated by color The printer sprays a small drop of each color ink onto the surface. This technology is used to print the surface of the PVC card. These colored inks are sprayed and dried on the surface of the PVC card. These printers are more for printing document paper. This is because liquid ink absorbs and adheres well to the paper.

The first advantage of Inkjet card printers is that they are cheap as they are readily available printers. Inkjet ink can be refilled at any store, genuine or artificial ink. Available to choose according to your satisfaction at an affordable price. can print on both paper and plastic card

Disadvantages of these Inkjet printers, the manufacturer has no indication that Used for printing plastic cards. Card holder. Originally used to hold A4 paper. The seller has created a tray to accommodate cards. to be applied to insert plastic cards It’s called misuse. If a printer malfunction occurs, the manufacturer is not responsible for repairs and maintenance must be carried out only by the reseller. Continuous printing operation is not possible. Make printing done in small batches.

Plastic card printer with thermal print head (Thermal Print)

This type of card printer It is a printer that is specially designed for printing PVC plastic cards. The printing technology uses a print head. that is a heating rod Dye sublimation from the ribbon into the plastic card. (Sublimation is the use of heat. Solid color ribbon replacement The characteristics of the Ribbon can be divided into different color bands such as Yellow (Y), Magenta (M), Cyan (C), Black (K) and TOPCOAT (T) by printing one-sided card or Picture 1. The different colored bands can only be used once. through thermal print head Mix each color together to create a picture. will be caused by precisely adjusting the heat In addition, this technique can also be used to apply a transparent TOPCOAT coating onto the card surface as a final layer. For durability, which this part, Inkjet technology will not be able to do. If desired, the card needs to be coated for durability. A separate laminator is required for the workflow.

Advantages It is a printer specially designed for printing plastic ID cards. Colors are dyed into the card body with TOPCOAT coating, resulting in a more durable quality than inkjet printing where liquid colors are spray dried onto the card surface. You can also add various options. Related to making plastic ID cards, such as automatic double-sided card printing, card printing with continuous personal data entry, writing data to magnetic stripe, reading / writing data to the card. smart card

Disadvantages The thermal print head is designed for printing PVC plastic cards only, and is not compatible with other media printing The printer is more expensive than an Inkjet printer, but with a specialized card printer. Warranty and performance are many times higher.

Thermal Print Head Plastic Card Printer vs Inkjet Card Printer, Which is Better?

When comparing plastic card printing technologies To print ID cards, membership cards, and other cards that have personal information printed on the card’s face. If we search for information from Internet, we often find printers in the main two types, namely plastic card printers with a thermal print head (Thermal Print) and an Inkjet card printer in this article, let’s get to know. both technologies and compare the advantages and disadvantages of each type to make them suitable for use.

Inkjet card printer

เครื่องพิมพ์บัตรแบบน้ำหมึก Inkjet

Many of you are familiar with Inkjet printing because we use it to print general documents. The printing style consists of a print head that injects color. The color ink is a liquid form. clearly separated by color The printer sprays a small drop of each color ink onto the surface. This technology is used to print the surface of the PVC card. These colored inks are sprayed and dried on the surface of the PVC card. These printers are more for printing document paper. This is because liquid ink absorbs and adheres well to the paper.

The first advantage of Inkjet card printers is that they are cheap as they are readily available printers. Inkjet ink can be refilled at any store, genuine or artificial ink. Available to choose according to your satisfaction at an affordable price. can print on both paper and plastic card
Disadvantages of these Inkjet printers, the manufacturer has no indication that Used for printing plastic cards. Card holder. Originally used to hold A4 paper. The seller has created a tray to accommodate cards. to be applied to insert plastic cards It’s called misuse. If a printer malfunction occurs, the manufacturer is not responsible for repairs and maintenance must be carried out only by the reseller. Continuous printing operation is not possible. Make printing done in small batches.

Plastic card printer with thermal print head (Thermal Print)

This type of card printer It is a printer that is specially designed for printing PVC plastic cards. The printing technology uses a print head. that is a heating rod Dye sublimation from the ribbon into the plastic card. (Sublimation is the use of heat. Solid color ribbon replacement The characteristics of the Ribbon can be divided into different color bands such as Yellow (Y), Magenta (M), Cyan (C), Black (K) and TOPCOAT (T) by printing one-sided card or Picture 1. The different colored bands can only be used once. through thermal print head Mix each color together to create a picture. will be caused by precisely adjusting the heat In addition, this technique can also be used to apply a transparent TOPCOAT coating onto the card surface as a final layer. For durability, which this part, Inkjet technology will not be able to do. If desired, the card needs to be coated for durability. A separate laminator is required for the workflow.

Advantages It is a printer specially designed for printing plastic ID cards. Colors are dyed into the card body with TOPCOAT coating, resulting in a more durable quality than inkjet printing where liquid colors are spray dried onto the card surface. You can also add various options. Related to making plastic ID cards, such as automatic double-sided card printing, card printing with continuous personal data entry, writing data to magnetic stripe, reading / writing data to the card. smart card

Disadvantages The thermal print head is designed for printing PVC plastic cards only, and is not compatible with other media printing The printer is more expensive than an Inkjet printer, but with a specialized card printer. Warranty and performance are many times higher.

For the quality of use of the card that will last I would like to recommend ThermalPrint card printer as a one time investment, the life of the card and the machine will last longer.

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Sales Executive , DPTF

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