A thermal printer uses heat instead of ink to print. Our Ecolabels are embedded with a heat-sensitive material that darkens as it heats up. Ever had a sunglasses tan? Think of it like the sun thermal printing on your face.

Yep, we're all slaves to Steve Jobs here. We'll even email you an easy peasy setup guide to get you started.

Nope! Because of the whole thermal printing thing, the TSC Thermal Printer doesn't use ink. You'll never have to replace it again! Say goodbye to exxy Officeworks trips.

Thermal labels are heat sensitive, so they'll slowly fade when exposed to direct sunlight or heat. But! Do not fear! Even after 3 months in the sun, they'll still scan. We use them for all our parcels, and we've found we can still scan them after 6 months. They'd have to sunbathe for an absurd amount of time to be unreadable.

So the long and short of it is, if you're printing something like a barcode that won't be in direct sunlight, you can expect it to stay scannable for up to a year. Just maybe don't take the package to your sunny beach holiday in Majorca.

Thermal printers are often used by ecommerce companies as postage label printers, and pair beautifully with our compostable Ecolabels. Better yet, you could give your printer a whole new lease on life and print with our colourful Customisable Ecolabels. Because our TSC DA210 thermal printer accepts a heap of different label sizes, stickers with barcodes or product information are also totally possible.