What Is A Decal Printer And Uses Of Decal Printers

What is a decal printer? You might be wondering what a decal or a label printer does. This article will go into detail about the uses of Decal/label printers, how they work, their functions, and types.

The definition of a decal printer varies depending on the use of the person. Some people call it simply an Inkjet digital paper printing machine. In contrast, some others call it a sublimation printer, which is related because hot foil printing is usually used in the sublimation printing method. Sometimes “decals” are also known as labels which attached to products for promotion purposes like stickers, promotional giveaways, etc., Generally tagging or labeling products with any information like barcodes that handheld scanners can read to track and record the inventory location of the product, price, discounts, etc.

Decal/label printers can print on paper materials up to A1 poster size (60cm x 90 cm). It can create your designs with unique patterns or logos and save them as a data file such as jpg, png, pdf for future use. It also has special features like watermark, background color selection, and text color selection, etc. The machine uses inkjet technology that sprays tiny droplets of water-based dye-based ink onto the label (paper material) using ribbons, and then it gets dry immediately upon printing. There are other types of decal printers out there, but they are generally used by industrial. They are also known as industrial printers, industrial, commercial printers, and industrial digital media printers.

The uses of decal printers include the following:

1. For companies and business stores where there is a need to put the company name, contact details, QR code, barcode, etc., which can be read by handheld scanners or mobiles. That is why decal printers, also known as QR code printers which produce black & white or colored stickers with QR codes that will be attached to products for promotion purposes like giveaways, point of sales display, etc.
2. Personal use
   For personal uses, you can create designs of your own choice and attach them with products such as mobile phone back covers with your favorite cartoon characters or photos.
3. Arts and crafts
   You can print custom labels from home for arts and crafts projects you have been working on, such as painting table numbers for your kid’s birthday party, product tags on Christmas gifts, event labels like wedding invitations, etc.

Types of decal printers, there are three types of decal/label printers depending on the printing methods they use, i.e., Direct thermal (DT), Thermal Transfer (TT), and Sublimation (SU). The main difference between them depends on what type of paper material they use to print the label, the durability of their prints, lifespan, and cost performance.