NEW FASSON DIRECT THERMAL PAPER GIVES RESULTS AS DURABLE AS THERMAL TRANSFER

Avery Dennison Roll Materials Europe’s commitment to continuing innovation for the variable information print market has prompted the introduction of a direct thermal self-adhesive paper labelstock – Fasson Thermal Premium Top S 10 D – which uniquely offers the high resolution, high UV light and heat resistance, and long-term storage capability normally associated with the more robust thermal transfer labelstocks.

Says Gwenaelle Legarrec, Product Manager, Thermal Papers: ‘This is genuinely a groundbreaking advance in direct thermal materials. Our aim was to develop a labelstock that combined the best qualities of both standard direct thermal print and thermal transfer print in a laminate that can run, at high speed, through direct thermal printers – and that is what Fasson Thermal Premium Top S 10 D offers. It has real implications for the VIP market’.

Fasson Thermal Premium Top S 10 D offers high performance characteristics for both converters and end users. The facestock top coating enables quality pre-printing by the traditional print processes where required, as well as high direct thermal print resolution and image density. It gives good definition and legibility -- even with small barcodes and texts in small point sizes, and even at high print speeds. The product’s physical structure overcomes many of the disadvantages of other direct thermal papers – particularly image fading, surface smear, and background discoloration; and it uniquely resists plasticisers, oil and alcohol, moisture, UV light, abrasion, and high temperatures – even above 70 deg C.

Fasson Thermal Premium Top S 10 D is available as standard with a choice of two permanent adhesives – both suitable for high-speed conversion: the general-purpose Fasson S2000 N, and Fasson S2045, which offers an extremely broad service temperature range. The product can be used in a wide range of end-use applications – many of them normally associated with the greater durability of thermal transfer printed labels -- from in-store pricing, inventory, transportation and logistics labelling to archiving, medical and laboratory use, and in high temperatures, such as those encountered on labels for heated ready meals or heat-shrink wrapping.

Says Gwenaelle Legarrec: ‘With Fasson Thermal Premium Top S 10 D, you can really experience the qualities of thermal transfer print with a direct thermal medium. It’s suitable for all the tasks where you would normally use a wax thermal transfer ribbon – but as there is no ribbon involved, the job is easier to handle, and you benefit from cost savings in terms of time, a reduced media inventory, and less waste. Best of all, the long-term storage capability of Fasson Thermal Premium Top S 10 D brings critical, durable labelling applications within the capability of direct thermal print.’

Samples of Fasson Thermal Premium Top S 10 D, and full product details, are available from Fasson sales representatives – or visit the website at www.europe.fasson.com for details of the complete Fasson portfolio of self-adhesive substrates for variable information printing.