Machine printing a receipt on thermal paper

Thermal Paper Solutions

Dow's hollow sphere pigments offer improved printability and readability for receipts and labels.

Enhance print performance

Dow’s state-of-the art hollow sphere pigments build on over 30 years of experience supplying to the thermal paper market. Whether it is for receipts, labels, tickets, or tags, ROPAQUE™ hollow sphere pigments’ characteristic high void fractions and uniform particles size improve coating smoothness and enable higher print quality and bar code readability while reducing raw material usage. Our global footprint allows us to reliably supply hollow sphere pigments, adhesives, and silicones for your needs.

Excellent print performance

Best-in-class insulation for pre-coats to improve printability.

Image quality

Enhanced smoothness provides excellent barcode readability and clarity for text and images.

Higher throughput

Better runnability than inorganic pigments, which allows for faster coating speeds.

Consistency

High quality hollow sphere pigments allow for consistent, reliable, quality results.

Ease of formulation

Stable formulations with other components in your coatings.

ROPAQUE™ TH-2000AF Hollow Sphere Pigment

ROPAQUE™ TH-2000 Hollow Sphere Pigment provides direct thermal paper producers a high- performance insulating pre-coat that helps deliver sharp, crisp print for the end-user by reducing heat transfer that can decrease print clarity as well as a smooth surface.

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