Thermal Printers Flashcards
1
Q
What is a thermal printer?
A
a type of printer that uses heat to produce text, graphics or images on paper or other thermal sensitive material.
2
Q
What machines most commonly use thermal printers?
A
receipt printers, credit card machines
3
Q
What are the benefits of a thermal printers
A
they are inexpensive, super quiet
4
Q
What is a disadvantage of a thermal printer?
A
Its very sensitive to light and heat so therefore not good for archiving.
5
Q
How is paper fed through a thermal printer?
A
its pulled through along a long heating element. there is no moving head.
6
Q
what is the paper that is used in these printers called?
A
thermochromic paper which changes colour when heated.
7
Q
How can these elements be cleaned?
A
- you can use a liquid cleaner such as IPA.
- Cleaning pens
- Cleaning cards
- Compressed air
