Multi-Purpose Printing

Primarily, though, thermal transfer printing is used to produce the backbone of logistics in day-to-day inventory management, said Joe Briganti, business innovation manager for Technical Papers, Stora Enso. “Thermal transfer is a key technology for the management of packages from product identification to logistics, such as warehouse management and expedited package delivery services such as FedEx and UPS. Thermal transfer labels must facilitate the accurate capture and processing of package information throughout the entire supply chain. … Thermal transfer bar code labels that do not function properly can cause misreads and no reads that will disrupt even the best bar code system. These errors can result in lost productivity, mismanaged inventory, delivery mistakes, customer charge backs, and ultimately disgruntled customers,” he said.