Thermal wax transfer printers can print much faster than ink and laser printers, averaging six to 12 inches per second, which makes them particularly useful in retail and shipping businesses.

Their highly anticipated thermal wireless Bluetooth printer, the HPRT-MT810, is another means for them to give fantastic printing solutions for consumers. Here's what we know so far.

How Do Thermal Printers Work? Before we get started, let me fill you in about how a label printer for shipping packages works. As the term implies, it uses heat to print on thermal paper.

The thermal printer available from Adafruit is a particularly tasty example, as it comes fully documented for the budding hacker. [Ed] is one such person, who set about writing his own driver to ...

Depending on the printer, 300 to 600 tiny nozzles heat up the ink in the cartridge, expanding it in a bubble. The ink from this bubble is pushed through a nozzle onto the paper.

The labels used must be thermal as the printer doesn’t use ink, which is good for running costs. Unlike some more fancy printers, the SP410 doesn’t have an automatic or manual guillotine for ...

Thanks to previous work on these thermal printers, drivers are available for them on many other systems, so the tricky part comes down to getting the web connection to the printer working through ...

Pros: Works with almost any thermal label paper from any supplier Prints one shipping label per second Supports widths up to 4.1 inches for all types of labels Cons: Some reviewers don’t love ...

Using a thermal wax ribbon for draft quality and dye sublimation ribbon for final output, the printer supported media up to 12x20". (Image courtesy of FARGO Electronics, Inc.) ...

8-inch design combines an industry-leading 11.67mm height with 7.2V drive for energy-efficient printing ROHM's new KA2008-B07N70A thermal printhead for A4-sized mobile printers Designed to deliver ...