Thermal transfer printers offer a wide variety of ribbon colors. Custom colors are even possible. The result is still a single-color print, but color-coding labels can be a worthwhile effort 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 ...

The dyes are transparent and blend into continuous-tone color. The "sublimation" means that the dye turns into a gas without first turning into a liquid. See thermal wax transfer printer and printer.

There are a variety of printer types, including dot-matrix, dye sublimation and laser printers. One variation on these ink-based printers is the thermal wax transfer printer. Although functionally ...