In recent years, thermal printer market does not stay in only FAX or POS, but it is expanded to variety of applications especially, barcode label printer, portable printer and card printer. Barcode label printer requires the high quality print with the high speed. Step free printhead can contribute to this application.Portable printer requires the small size / light weight and the good energy efficiency. And, card printer has some interested media, such as rewritable paper.We would like to introduce the thermal print head technology for each thermal application.
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