Knowledge Base
IMP offers a complete line of “plug and play” thermal transfer printer ribbons manufactured to meet or exceed the OEM specifications at significant cost savings. IMP’s mission is to provide the highest quality ribbon solutions, at competitive price levels, combined with the sales tools and support resources our reseller need to increase ribbon sales and profitability.
Introducing the most most competitively priced wax/resin ribbon - Z200+ - general purpose wax/resin ribbon.
2021 was a difficult year for all of us in the label and ribbon business. Despite resurgences in Covid-19, raw material shortages, supply chain constraints, and price increases, IMP reported record…
In this review of thermal transfer printing problems and solutions, we outlined the common problems, possible causes and solutions. Burn temperature guide and ANSI print quality samples are also…
When it comes to wax ribbons, there are a lot of options out there. IMP offers two grades thermal transfer wax ribbons, general purpose and premium. This article walks you through how to choose the…
Understand what is barcode and the different types of barcode. IMP offers a complete product lines of different ribbon formulation to meet your barcode printing needs.
Like all of IMP's near edge ribbons, the skinny ribbons offer excellent heat, abrasion and chemical resistance as well as excellent image density and edge definition.
As the world’s only vertically integrated producer of PET film and ribbon (PET film makes up over 50% of product cost) IMP provides the best price/performance value in the market. Learn how IMP's…
The Printer Applicator and Automatic Bagging Systems markets are expected to be a high growth segment for thermal transfer printing over the next several years on a global basis. IMP provides faster,…
Understand the defintion of Thermal Transfer Printing vs. Direct Thermal Printing, its printing method's advantages and disadvantages and how Thermal Transfer Printing can can bring you significant…
IMP conducted a ribbon benchmarking comparison for Z107plus versus one of the industry leading resin enhanced wax formulations. The report shows that Z107plus provides a darker, more legible image,…
Our Z201 Premium Wax Resin just passed Pres-On’s autoclave test, meeting specs that require a “100% resin ribbon.” A great win for our R&D team, and a great win for our customer’s who want resin…
This article walks you through the definition of hot stamp printing process, what is hot stamp dies, different kinds of hot stamp foils as well as an overview of the hot stamp market. Then we clarify…
Confused about flathead printing and near edge printing? Read along and you will get a clear understanding of what flat head and near edge printing are how each of the process works. No matter what…
Everything you need to know about Thermal Transfer Overprint (TTO), including how the process work, the benefits of thermal transfer overprinting, the market, industries, applications, the TTO trends…
This article answers all the questions you might have about thermal transfer ribbon, including basics of thermal printer, the mechanism of thermal transfer printing process, advantages of thermal…
IMP, as the fastest growing thermal transfer barcode ribbon supplier in North America and the "Go to" partner for TTR, offers the best Price/performance value for thermal transfer ribbon products in…
A walkthrough of the different thermal transfer ribbon products, including wax, wax/resin and resin and how to select the correct ribbon for your printing needs. A printing substrate chart is also…
Hot stamping foil is a hot stamping printing method with dry ink or foils. IMP’s hot stamp coding foils are used to mark onto product packaging by means of a coding device.
Glossary for thermal transfer products, including thermal transfer printing, thermal transfer ribbon (barcode ribbon), wax ribbon, wax-resin ribbon, resin ribbon, hot stamping foil etc.