300 PPM Thermal Transfer Ribbon Printer TTO Packing Automatic Date Printing Machine

Welljets T8500 High Performance Thermal Transfer Ribbon Printer TTO Packing Date Printing Machine

Often printing little more than just a 'Batch' & 'Date Code', and seen by many as a more modern electronic replacement for a hotfoil printer, thermal transfer overprinters (or intermittent printers, as they are commonly referred to in labelling spheres) are actually capable of printing text, 1D/2D barcodes and simple graphics with a print area defined by their print head width and mode of operation which is discussed below.

Welljets Thermal Transfer Overprinters can operate in either Continuous Print mode - where the printer is encoded to match the media web speed - or Intermittent Operation - where the printer moves the print head typically up to 75mm over stationary base media, making them extremely flexible and easy to install in a variety of applications.

Almost all Welljets labelling heads can be fitted with a Thermal Transfer Overprinter (including the possibility to retrofit), but with the key distinction to our core print and apply machine range, that overprinters operate in an intermittent mode on a labelling head, printing in the dwell time between label applications, and in a specific position (on the label) as manually positioned via an X/Y bracket. This combined with a relatively small print head (normally 32mm or 53mm, but also available in 107mm print width) mean that these printers are extremely efficient in their ribbon useage, as well a providing a high-quality, immediately dry print images with excellent clarity. 

Another appreciated advantage of a Thermal Transfer Overprinter (when operating in intermittent print mode) is that the sweep of the print head does not necessarily need to be in the same direction as the web feed, so unlike 'directional' print technologies such as TIJ or CIJ printing, Intermittent Thermal Printers can print at 90 degree to this direction which is particularly useful and commonplace with labels.A variety of manufacturers and models of the machine are available.

Welljets Thermal Transfer Overprinters are a regular addition to our labelling heads, but can also be supplied as part of a Feed System for Barcode & Batch Code information on flat cartons or foil pouches, for example.

Print Parameters:

Print heads:

-T8500 Series: 53mm, 300dpi

Print speed:

-Continuous: 40 to 600mm/s

-Intermittent: up to 300ppm

Print area:

-Continuous: 53*75mm

-Intermittent: 53*150mm

Print Features:

-7-inch touch screen

-32-bit RSIC processor

-Ribbon cassette for fast ribbon changing

-Ribbon tension detection

-Automatic print head setup

-Battery life >= 3 years

-Maximum ribbon length: 1100m

-Ribbon width: 20mm to 55mm

-Print gap <=0.5mm

-Font: full TrueType font support

-Flexible date/time formats; Flexible shift code formats

-Barcode: EAN8, EAN13, Code39, Code128, UPC-A, QR-code, DM code, etc.

-Ribbon saving: Radial, Interlaced, Multi-signal, Ribbon-reverse mode, etc.

Other Features:

-Print head dead dots detection

-Print head over temp detection

-Air consumption: 4ml/print at 2.5bar

-Port: USB, RS232, Ethernet

-Input & Output: editable

-Multi language support

-Power: AC90V-264V, 47-63Hz, 150VA

-Humidity: 10% to 90%, non-condensing

-Software: FormatDesign

-Dimension & Weight:

Print unit: 190*220*236mm, 8KGs

Controller: 170*263*190mm, 5KGs

-Communications protocols for PCs, PLC and packaging machines, etc.

-Print head life: 60 to 80KMs.

Warranty:

-Print unit: 24months

-Controller: 24months

-Print head: 5months or 50KMs