This is typically used in barcode printers and other small specialty printers. It was widely used in early fax machines. See thermal wax transfer printer and printer. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR ...

Thermal transfer printers produce shades of colors by placing color dots side-by-side (see dithering). Printing faster than dye sublimation, consumables (ribbon and paper) are also less expensive ...

Thermal printing, by contrast, creates the image directly through heat, with no transfer of any substance ... or any kind of ...