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HEAT TRANSFER LABEL [1 record]

Record 1 1998-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labelling (Packaging)
DEF

A label printed with special inks on a web from which it is transferred to container by application of heat as it contacts the container surface.

Key term(s)
  • heat transfer label

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étiquetage (Emballages)
DEF

Étiquette pré-imprimée que l'on transfère à chaud sur les contenants.

CONT

Ces supports sont destinés aux imprimeurs, transformateurs qui réalisent les étiquettes imprimées par flexographie, typographie, héliographie, offset, report à chaud, pour la présentation finale.

CONT

[L']impression par transfert à chaud [...] est utilisée pour les matières plastiques. [...] Un cliché métallique chauffé transfère par pression une feuille d'or sur l'article à marquer. [...] Le procédé Flexoton, pour impression sur récipients plastiques, est basé sur le transfert à chaud d'un film pré-imprimé sur un support.

Spanish

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