Digital printing

Inkjet: Special inkjet inks are sprayed onto the carrier material by tiny jets.

Matrix (stylus) pressure: The print is brought to the paper with small needles and an over-run ribbon. Through the mechanical "stamping" of the ink particularly good anchoring on the label surface is achieved.

Direct thermal printing: In direct thermal printing heat pulses are transmitted from the thermal head to a thermoreactive paper. There they trigger a chemical colour reaction in the special thermal layer of the adhesive bond, usually adhesive paper.

Thermal transfer printing: Thermal transfer printing uses transfer films that are coated with ink. This colour layer is transferred by the action of heat from the thermal strip. The inks are based on waxes, resin-wax mixtures or resins. The colour stability increases with increasing resin content.

Electrophotographic printing method (HP Indigo or Xeikon): differently electrically charged particles produce a printed image on a rubber cylinder. The pasty printing inks or toners in powder form are then transmitted indirectly to the material to be printed and thermally fixed there.