1. 13 Then realign the print head using the new values by clicking Apply.

2. The print head is moved under computer control to define the printed shape.

3. Bowden type extruders are easier to swap since they are outside the print head.

4. Method for accurately controlling the volume of ink droplets emitted from a print head

5. Banding can be described as consistent, straight, horizontal lines on prints running in the direction of the print head

6. The color from the ribbon is transferred onto the card through the heat given out from the print head.

7. That means its print head can squirt 4 000 little dots of ink on each square inch of paper.

8. Stability and freedom from vibration when moving a heavy print head on the end of spindly arms is a technical challenge though.

9. Occasionally you may come across vertical Banding which runs in the opposite direction of the print head and looks very different from horizontal Banding.

10. Since this process transfers dyes and resins directly onto a smooth, flexible film, the print-head never comes in contact with the card surface itself.

11. The principle is the same for practically all card printers: the plastic card is passed through a thermal print head at the same time as a color ribbon.