What kinds of label paper are there?

Different material label paper is suitable for different fields, need to match different printers, once the wrong selection, will not only affect the label beauty, serious will also affect the printer's print head, shorten the life of the printer! The following is to introduce the types of label paper, what are we supposed to choose the right label paper? Let's take a look

1. Thermal label paper

Thermal paper is a kind of processing paper, is in high quality base paper coated with a layer of "thermal sensitive coating" (also known as "thermochromic layer"), with thermal coating smooth bright surface paper, only suitable for thermal printer.

Type: Thermal paper (without adhesive), thermal adhesive, thermal synthetic paper, transparent thermal synthetic paper, thermal cardstock.

Principle: After the thermal paper is put into the printer, colorless dye and color agent will produce color in a certain temperature environment through biochemical reaction, forming text and text, that is, heating imaging.

Application Field:

Thermal paper is often used in fax machines, that is, as fax paper;

Used as recording materials in medical and measuring systems, such as ECG drawing and thermal instrument recording paper;

In business, it is mostly used for making trademarks, POS, shopping receipts and so on.

Often used in logistics, warehousing and other fields, but also for price labels, reminder labels.

Features: Wide application, low cost, high cost performance.

Warm tips:

Thermal paper should avoid long-term exposure to the environment above 50℃ or direct sunlight to protect the product imaging quality.

2. PVC label paper

PVC is the English abbreviation of vinyl, is a kind of polymer material, with high quality flexibility, soft feel

Application: Very wide, often used in outdoor, subway warning, guidance card and so on.

Features: waterproof, not easy to be acid, alkali corrosion, heat resistance, good electrical insulation.

Warm tips:

PVC label paper is poor in degradability and can not be recycled, which has a negative impact on environmental protection.

3. PET label paper

PET plastic English abbreviation "PET", has good optical properties and weather resistance; Has the excellent performance of blocking gas, water, oil and peculiar smell; Smooth and shiny surface, non-toxic, tasteless, good health and safety; Transparency, gloss are relatively high, can effectively block UV.

Application Field:

Can be directly used in food packaging;

Applicable to electronic, electrical and automotive industries;

Used in various coil skeleton, transformer, TV, tape recorder parts and shell, automobile lamp holder, lampshade, white hot lamp holder, relay, selenium rectifier, etc.

Features: waterproof, acid/alkali corrosion resistance, heat resistance, good electrical insulation.

4, coated paper label paper

Coated paper, also known as printing coated paper, is coated with a layer of white paint on the surface of the base paper, which is processed by super pressing. The surface of the paper is smooth, high whiteness, ink absorption and inking performance is very good. It is an excellent basic material for heat transfer printing.

Type: Single coated paper, double coated paper, dull coated paper, cloth coated paper.

Application: Bar code printer is the common printer of coated paper, which is widely used in industrial production lines, inventory management, supermarkets, clothing tags and other places with a large amount of labels.

Features: There are dumb face, universal light, bright points, good color reduction, moderate thickness.

Warm tips:

The powder is easy to stick and fall off after damp, and can not be preserved for a long time.