When Transfer Calls

Designs to do more

Recent twists in the development of thermal transfer printers include more sophisticated software, quality controls and print capabilities.

On the software side, suppliers like Printronix now offer off-the-shelf, plug-and-play capabilities—printers with firmware chips already configured to handle the customer's software. WYSIWYG software packages make it easier to create customized labels on the fly, relates Twigg, while Windows drivers allow labels to be printed from common programs such as Microsoft's Word and Access.