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Thermal printing technologies are working hard to hold on to established markets.
When it comes to RFID, it’s too early to say what the full impact will be relative to the use of bar codes. “Ultimately, most bar code applications using thermal transfer could be a candidate for replacement by RFID technology,” says Garber. “But, just as bar code technology rolled out over many (30+) years, RFID will not replace thermal transfer for quite some time. Also, even with RFID, thermal transfer will continue to be used for those applications where variable information must be human-readable.”
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