Avery Dennison TTX 450 - Manual (Page 32)

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TTX 450/650/950/1050 – Puma/Lion/Tiger/Tiger XXL – TDI/STDI/XXtreme –
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MATERIAL AND RIBBON
Material
The printer is equally suitable for thermal and thermal transfer printing. Three
factors are to be taken into account when choosing the material:
• Abrasive behaviour of the surface structure
• Properties with respect to chemical reaction on print-colour transfer
• Temperature required for colour- transfer
If the material is extremely abrasive, the printhead is faster worn as usual.
This criterion is particularly to be considered with thermal printing. It is not so
critical with thermal transfer printing, as for this process a ribbon of a width
exceeding the width of the material can be used. In this way the printhead is
protected over the entire material width.
Similar conditions prevail with a high printhead temperature. Material and foil
require a longer cooling down period, the printing quality is more critical and
the printhead is faster worn as on a normal rate.
Printing on materials with a higher specific weight than 240gr/sqm, slight
corrections of printhead pressure and position of printhead may be
necessary.
Ribbons
Ribbons are recommended to be:
• the rear side has to be coated with an anti static and friction reducing
media (back coating)
• suitable for print speeds up to 12 inches/second
• specified to „Near edge type printhead“
• wider as the material, i. e. the ribbon overlap the edges of the material by
appr. 1-2 mm each side.
Ribbons without these features may reduce printer performance and
printing quality, in some cases even the printhead may become defect.