THERMAL TRANSFER

Agents worldwide

• Belgium• Canada• China• Denmark• Egypt• Estonia• Finland• Greece• Holland• Ireland• Israel

• Italy• Korea• Latvia• Lithuania• New Zealand• Norway• Portugal• South Africa• Spain• Sweden• Turkey

Why Thermal Transfer printing?

• High resolution (300 dpi)• Consistent print quality• Durable print• Extensive font library in both TTF and Bitmap• High resolution graphics and logos

The digital print technology combines the flexibility of computer technology with the quality

of Hot Foil coding.

The Principles of Thermal Transfer

printing

An image is printed using ink transfered from the ribbon and bonded to a flexible substrate by applying pressure

and heat to release the format via energised dots.

Thermal Transfer Printing

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The Printed format The Wasted Ribbon

Principal of intermittent

Rib

bon

Substrate

The printhead moves down then from left to right while the ribbon and substrate stay stationary..

Printhead

After the format has been printed, the ribbon is rewound and the substrate moves to its next position

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Principal of continuousR

ibb o

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Substrate

The printhead moves up and down while the ribbon and the substrate move forward.

Printhead

An encoder reads the speed of the substrate and feeds the information to the printer. The ribbon moves at the same speed as the substrate.

THE RANGE

Intermittent53E53S53M53L107S107M107L

Continuous53CL (left hand)

53CR (right hand)

107CL (left hand)

107CR(right hand)

Choice of hand(continuous only)

Left hand Right hand

53EThe ideal

alternative to

Hot Foil Coders.

Print area:53 X 30

Compatible with most intermittent motion packaging

and labelling machinery.

Print area:53 X 53

to 107 X 160

SERIES 2 intermittent

Compatible with most continuous

motion packaging machinery.

Print area:53 X 500

to 107 X 250

SERIES 2 continuous

Thermal Transfer

Printer FramesOver the past 30 years, OPEN DATE has

designed and manufactured frames to suit all types of packaging machinery.

- Labelling machines

- Vertical bagging machines

- Horizontal bagging machines

- Thermopack machines

- Etc…

Labelling Machines

Vertical bagging machine

Horizontal bagging machine

Over the years we have been able to establish a standard frame design to suit most labelling machines.All that remains is to adapt the standard frame to the

parent machine.

Standard Frames

Printing requirements

• Dates, Lot No., real time• Prices, weights• Numbering, codes• Lines, boxes• Barcodes• Logos & graphics• Database• Networking• Etc…

In order to answer all of the customer’s needs, Open Date writes & supplies it’s own software.

• CODESOFT PREMIER FORMAT DESIGN Windows based software enabling all current format design.• NETMODE Up to 99 printers can be networked together enabling print formats to be sent and updated as well as providing information of the current status of each printer from a central station.• SERVICEMODE Enables customer to control and update format and printer parameters.• RECOVERMODE Simplified version of ServiceMode to recover initial printer and format status.

Software

• All electric operation• No air (3 stepper motors)• High speed communications (115200 KB per seconde)• High speed image generation and updating via dual image memory• Up to 6 metre connection cables• 3.6 megabyte user memory• 11 printer models in the range• Electronic adjustable print position• Spy chip technology (automatic resistance, print width, meterage)• Auto detect product before printing• Ultra high speed cycle time (using lower speed for optimum quality)• Self levelling printhead• Network up to 99 printers• Real time printing with customisation

Main Features

Main Features• Local or global graphics• Multi level passwords (customisation of level names & codes)• Standard Mini Terminal• Up to 250 formats stored within the printer memory• Updating variable fields using a database• Standard WYSIWIG Windows software• Quality engineered product with minimal maintenance requirement• Power supply can be integrated into the parent machine• Can be used without magazine to print on thermal substrate• 2 ribbon sensors for optimum security • Each printhead is individually adjusted to Kyocera specifications• In house software department for optimum control and flexibility• Electronic print positionning• Low/end of ribbon warning with user output