Creating High Marks

Demands on package performance are rapidly escalating with today's consumer security issues and graphic requirements. And as the capabilities of package printing technology and equipment are enhanced to keep up with changing expectations, so too are thermal transfer printers and materials.

"Using thermal transfer printing has always required a matching of the substrate and ribbon. Now, the ribbon companies are providing ribbons specifically designed for certain applications," said Mindy Nyberg, marketing manager at Dynic USA Corp. "Package printing uses a wide variety of film and synthetic substrates, and there are now ribbons designed for use on those substrates, engineered to run at speeds that won't slow down your line.