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The following reference guides are available to aid in choosing the proper ribbon type for your application.

• Description of Products

• Matching your Ribbon to your Stock

• Printing Recommendations

• General Purpose Ribbon
• Value Priced Ribbon
• Blue Leadered
• Can be used on Coated Paper, Kimdura, and Tag Stock
• Some Recommended Applications:  General purpose retail and industrial labeling, carton labeling, product identification, price marking, item tracking, work in progress labeling.

• General Purpose Resin Enhanced Wax Based Ribbon
• Datamax Leadered for Datamax configurations, standard blue leader for other configurations
• Wax/Resin enhanced 
• Can Be Used on Coated Paper: Kimdura. and Tag Stock 
• Some Recommended Applications: General purpose retail and industrial labeling, carton labeling, product identification, price marking, item tracking, work in progress labeling

• Premium Wax Ribbon 
• Darker More Defined Image
• Good for Wide Web Printing 
• Can Be Used on Coated Paper, Kimdura, and Tag Stock 
• Our most time tested and proven ribbon 
• Some Recommended Applications: Labels requiring crisp rotated barcodes, general purpose retail and industrial labeling, textile tag labels, shipping labels, storage labels.

• Superior scratch and smudge resistance .Suitable for variety of facesheets.
• Some Recommended Applications: Pharmaceutical Labels, Shipping Labels, Retail Tag Labels, Horticulture Tags, applications requiring crisp, rotated barcodes on coated stocks, application requiring high quality Image and medium grade durability

• Increased scratch and smudge resistance on paper facestocks than a wax ribbon
• Recommended for Kimdura applications 
• Durable images at print speeds up to 61PS
• Some Recommended Applications: 
  Pharmaceutical Labels, Shipping Labels, Retail Tag Labels, Horticulture Tags, applications requiring crisp, rotated barcodes on coated stocks, applications requiring high quality image and medium grade durability

• Designed for use on polyester labels
• Superior scratch and smudge resistance
• Ideal for high temperature labeling up to 300°F
• Resistance to alcohol and petrochemicals
• UL recognized when used with matched receiver
• Some Recommended Applications: Steel tags, water heater labels, ID cards, automotive labels, drum labels, component labels, electronic labeling, shelf labels.

• Value priced resin
• Excellent print quality at high speeds
• Durability against solvents and abrasions
• UL recognized when used with matched receiver
• Some Recommended Applications: Automotive, asset tracking, chemical drum, healthcare, pharmaceutical and electronic components.

• Superior scratch, smudge and smear proof characteristics
• Highly chemical resistant including alcohol and petro chemicals
• Ideal for high temperature labeling up to 365°F
• UL Recognized when used with matched receiver
• Some Recommended Applications: Asset labels, serial number and identification labels, durable good, outdoor applications, jewelry tags, PC board labels, bin and shelf labels, tamper-evident labeling.

• General purpose wax colors
• Expands your versatility when black isn't enough
• Four colors available 
  Available Colors: Red, Blue, Green, Brown

• Value priced general purpose wax colors
• Expands your versatility when black isn't enough
• Ten colors available
  Available Colors: Process Cyan, Process Magenta, Process Yellow, Red, Maroon, Green, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Gray and Gold

• Wax/resin colors
• Expands your versatility when black !sn't enough
• Fifteen colors available
  Available Colors: Red, Green, Blue, Brown, Orange, Purple, Maroon, Yellow, Midnight Blue, Fuschia, Kelly Green, Royal Blue, Pink, Pumpkin, 
  Lavender

Colored Wax Ribbons