Cosmo Films expands direct thermal printable products

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Cosmo Films now offers an extended range of direct thermal printable (DTP) products. This includes standard DTP films, top coated DTP films, high temperatures DTP films and DTP paper.

Direct thermal printing is generally used for tagging and labelling applications where elaborate printing is not required and printing is done only for critical information like barcodes. Direct thermal printing does not require an ink ribbon for printing, and the image/impression formation takes place simply when coated substrate comes in contact with the printhead of the thermal printer.

The company has also launched a BOPP based top coated direct thermal printable film which is water and solvent resistant and can be used for tough weather labelling such as deep freeze product labelling, industrial barcoding, track and trace and logistics. The film can endure temperatures of -20 to 70 degrees. A high temperature resistance variety with endurance level as high as 130 degrees is also being offered.

The company now offers direct thermal printable paper in both top coated and uncoated varieties. The top coated variety is well suited to applications requiring water resistance.

Kapil Anand, head of speciality labelling exports at Cosmo Films, said: ‘Direct thermal printing has been gaining significant prominence in recent times due to its ease of use, low total applied cost and optimum image density and we are glad that we can offer both paper and filmic solutions for a wide range of applications now being printed by this printing technology.’