Talk:Thermal printing

Concerning historical background, I might cite US Patent 3,161,457, "Thermal Printing Units" Dec. 15, 1964, Schroeder et al. The comment below is interesting, because in the course of that development in the NCR Research Division several of us visited with Jack Kilby, trying to see whether thermal print heads could be made in silicon. Ultimately a glass substrate (as illusteated in the Patent) was chosen and produced by John L Janning, Dayton, OH.

Schroede (talk) 02:35, 31 January 2014 (UTC) Hans Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, Milwaukee School of Engineering.

One thing missing from the article on Wikipedia article on thermal printers is historical background. I have read that Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments co-invented the world's first thermal printer, presumably some time in the 1970s. . . but do not know exactly when or who the other co-inventor is.

Tim Newfields Tokyo University, Tokyo

Isn't there a type of thermal printer that doesn't need special paper? I think I've seen it before. It just burns the printout onto regular paper.

advantage
what is the advantage of thermal printer?

The old thermal printers did not require ink or toner. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.166.156.204 (talk) 07:14, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

False Statement
"Thermal printing is notable for being the only[verification needed] form of (non-embossing) printing which involves no ink."

Spark printing is another form of inkless printing. 65.207.11.228 (talk) 04:08, 13 August 2013 (UTC)