Wax/Resin

What is  a wax-resin ribbon?

A wax-resin Thermal Transfer ribbon is made with a combination of wax and resin based ingredients.

Among all Thermal Transfer ribbon ranges, Wax-resin ribbons are the most versatile in terms of usage as they respond to a very wide array of label printing needs in the logistics, production and distribution sectors.

Wax-resin ribbons can print on almost all types of label and packaging film substrates:

• Paper labels: Vellum, Coated and Glossy coated
• Synthetic labels: Polypropylene, Polyethylene, Polyester
• Flexible packaging films

What are the typical use of wax-resin Thermal Transfer ribbons for barcode printers?

• Signages and logos                        
• Frozen food packaging
• Laboratory                        
• Hot food packaging
• Tags                                     
•  Flexible packaging
• Outdoor products
• Automotive
• Medicine packaging
• Distribution label
• Fresh produce
• Bag of parts
• Bottle
• Pallet
• Shipping
• Tire

What makes a wax-resin ribbon different from wax and resin ribbons?

• Competitiveness: Wax-resin ribbons are more technical products than Wax ribbons, so their price is higher. However it is cheaper than Resin ribbons which propose a premium and more durable solution.
• Print resistance: higher than Wax ribbons (better smudge and scratch resistance) but lower than Resin ribbon (less scratch, heat and solvent resistances)
• Print speed: on label materials, Wax-resin ribbons print as fast as most Wax ribbons but at higher speed than Resin ribbons
• Label compatibility: Wax-resin ribbons print on any kind of label materials while Wax ribbons will be less compatible on synthetics. Resin ribbons won’t provide such a good print quality on paper materials.

Printer compatibility: Unlike Wax ribbons, Wax-resin ribbons can run with all Thermal Transfer printers or coders regardless the printhead technology. This is why there are wax-resin ribbons for Flat-head printers and Wax-resin ribbons for Near-edge/Corner-edge printers.