Thermal printing is the main technology of ID card printer solution. The advantage of thermal method is to print photo like image on the plastic card instantly. And it enables on demand printing requirement. There are three market requirements to printhead to expand ID card printer application. The first one is the adjustment free feature. The second one is the fast heat response feature. The third one is the high scratch resistance feature. Kyocera has developed the new ID card printer printhead named H series. This H series has flatter ceramic surface curvature with thinner glaze. As a result, it realizes easy adjustment, high scratch durability and high speed printing capability.
Hidekazu Akamatsu, Yoshiaki Kutsuzawa, "Development of True Edge H Series Printhead" in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies (NIP20), 2004, pp 989 - 992, https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2004.20.1.art00101_2