What is the difference between coding ribbon and barcode ribbon?

The consumables used in bar code printers are generally called barcode ribbon, which can only be used once, including full wax base, semi resin semi wax mixed base, and full resin. Black is usually the most commonly used, but other colors are rare.

barcode ribbon is printed by matrix print head. Generally, bar code printer is used to print self-adhesive, clothing tag, model, specification and so on. The specification is 110mm

The coding ribbon is metal head hot stamping. Generally, the production date is printed by the coding machine. The specifications are 20mm, 25mm, 30mm, 35mm, 40mm. It can be used many times. Generally, a coding ribbon can be used for more than half a year

The main difference between the two is the print head, and there are obvious differences in ink melting point and scratch resistance

Both of them are printing consumables, which have no internal relationship. barcode ribbon is the way of heat transfer printing, and coding ribbon is the way of dot shock.