From the thermal paper to thermal transfer carbon taking technology evolution of the market trend

A, thermal paper history
 
Thermal paper flower in the United States, the result is in Japan. In 1968 developed a thermal paper, NCR companies in the United States until 1971 in Japan will be transferred to the technology transition, then ten, god battery, Fuji, corresponding to launch its own products. After the mid - ninety - s thermal paper entered the heyday, when the world's highest annual output of hundreds of thousands of tons, Japan production accounted for about half, quality also is a world leading position, the price is lower, thus Japan thermal paper was all the rage in the world market, occupying most of the market share, has been fruitful.
 
Domestic thermal paper fax in communication, medical instrument, and the output print also scenery in more than 20 years. In the late eighty s of the last century, in order to produce domestic thermal paper as soon as possible, domestic companies have managed to buy foreign patent technology, to produce. Shanghai cable plant and Japan about thermal paper technology transfer problems, then to buy Japan's top level of technology, but Japan's arrogant, closed and not talk, so the cable power plant is only $300000, bought in Japan belongs to the third grade level some thermal paper technology patents, in hangzhou wulin instruction after paper mill production, due to poor quality, with crude homemade coating processing technology equipment, the production cost and high, so no place in the market competition, eventually had to be forced to stop production. Followed by domestic thermal paper also does not appear with imported paper against the outstanding representatives. The current domestic production of thermal paper with shandong, changshu and wuxi, small scale, the scale is not high, so in domestic thermal paper market still is given priority to with Japanese products.
 
Second, why the fax machine by "cold"
 
Fax machines in the middle of the communication industry has made great contribution, but recently has gradually been � "cold". According to the relevant domestic media, remarkable 2001 APEC (APEC) meeting in Shanghai to a successful conclusion, vigorous, encouraging the whole meeting; Fax machine in the center of the pudong international news, however, are still hasn't been into the work, one day 6 (thermal) fax from 8 am to 5 PM, a total of only 8 a fax.
 
Careful analysis, the fax machine was "cold" to roughly three reasons: first, bisphenol A is the thermal paper chromogenic agent, are harmful to human body in the process of production or use. Considering the factors of environmental protection, people begin to constantly develop new products to replace, along with the progress of science and technology, international launched several years ago to use plain paper fax machines, thermal transfer carbon ink jet and laser fax machines. Second, thermal paper save requirement is high, the time is short, can not be affected with damp be affected with damp heat, shelf life is 3 years or so, before use only for half a year, a year after the use, therefore, users have to copy save important data information, very inconvenient. Third, mankind has entered the network economy and information age, computer applications have penetrated into all fields, APEC press time with a computer, without exception in text, photos and voice can be quickly passed, no wonder, will now is "cold".
 
Three, with thermal transfer thermal transfer carbon carbon with only a few microns thickness, layer of the tu have mold on film, protective layer and dye, etc. Carbon belt put an end to the generation of static electricity in the process of thermal transfer, in order to reduce the paper scraps, dust absorption, prolong the service life of thermal print head. Thermal transfer carbon belt use on the fax machine, not only is more used in special printer.
 
At present, the heat transfer with a lot of carbon used in railway ticketing computer, lottery machine, cash registers and label barcode printing, etc. Railway computer ticket, for example, according to industry sources, more than 5000 stations across the country have to undertake the business, the need to ticket printer tens of thousands of units, print the ticket more than 1 billion copies a year. Thermal transfer with carbon market, therefore, need to be very big, there are quite a few enterprises aim at this opportunity, won a welcome development. Shanghai a private enterprise, for example, bought from abroad two carbon belt cutting machine, each price 1 million yuan, is engaged in thermal transfer carbon belt processing and sales business, now the carbon belt sales reached 1 million yuan a month.
 
Fourth, market forecast At present, the thermal paper in our country still has certain customer base, has a certain sales on the market, because our equipment update slow, so it will also with the survival of ordinary fax machine for a long time. In addition, thermal paper fax in communication not only, but also convenient for record in medical instruments, such as electrocardiogram (ecg), all kinds of monitoring, ultrasound, and all kinds of terminal on the printer is still a certain market. But from a development perspective, with the scientific and technological progress, upgrading of equipment, and after entering the WTO, a closer link with foreign gap at home and abroad will gradually narrowed, thermal paper consumption will also be a downward trend in our country.
 
Thermal transfer carbon belt, has various advantages, such as: easy to use, writing clear, especially the barcode printing quality, facilitate the scanner to read, print, image color fastness high, can be preserved for a long time, and thus favored by users. Although at present in our country's research and development of new products, but as the technology matures, the application field of innovation development, prospect is good, the product will be in a rising status in the market. Weekly (paper)
 

 
Source: http://www.paper.com.cn/news/daynews/2001/01123103.htm
 
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