Epson Thermal Printer

A thermal printer is a type of printer that uses a heated thermal printhead pressed against a medium to produce black text or images.Thermal printers are dot-matrix printers that operate by driving heated pins against special heat-sensitive paper to “burn” the image onto the paper. They are quiet, but many people don't like the feel of thermal paper, and the images tend to fade.hermal printers create higher quality, more durable images than impact printers. They produce clear, long-lasting images that are more resistant to factors such as oils, climate, UV rays, etc. The images created by thermal printers are also more legible because there is no ink to smudge.Essentially, a thermal printer prints by burning the paper. Because of this, they don't have very many moving parts compared to their counterparts and can print much faster. Impact printers, also known as dot matrix printers, work by using small dots to impress an ink ribbon into the paper.