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Sony TRX-50 General Purpose wax/resin ribbons

   

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Sony TR5050 premium wax/resin thermal transfer ribbons

Based on Sony's proven TR4050 formulation, the Sony TR5050 quality wax ribbons expand your color possibilities when black just isn't enough. Provides excellent print clarity and smudge resistance. Available in Sony SmartPaks™.

Sony TR5050 Premium Wax/Resin Ribbons Specific Features

• Prints at high speeds (12 ips+)

• Prints at high resolution (400 dpi+)

• Excellent rotated bar codes

• Features Sony’s SmoothCoat™ backcoat

• UL recognized

  

Recommended applications
Blood bags, pharmaceutical labels, retail tag labels, shipping labels, flexible package printing (poly-bags), tote labels

Shipping labels	Direct package printing	Storage labels	Retail package printing

• Shipping labels
  Sony ribbons deliver crisp rotated bar codes on coated and uncoated tag and label stocks

• Direct package printing
  Scratch and smudge resistance make Sony ribbons ideal for direct printing on flexible poly-bags

• Storage labels
  Sony ribbons are a durable, cost-effective solution for your barcoding applications

• Retail package printing
  Sony's high-quality images make point-of-purchase thermal transfer printing possible

Ribbon property
Description	Specification	Measurement method
Ink material	Wax/resin	-
Total thickness (μm)	8.1 + 0.5	Micrometer
Base film thickness (μm)	4.8 + 0.4	Micrometer
Ink thickness (μm)	3.1 + 0.3	Micrometer
Ribbon transmission density	> 1.6	Densitometer
Print density	> 1.8	Densitometer

Durability of printed image

Label stock
Coated paper

Print speed
6ips

Print density
1.8

Smudge resistance
ANSI A*

Scratch resistance
ANSI A*

Test equipment
Colorfastness tester

Conditions

Smudge test
50 cycles @ 500 grams with cotton cloth

Scratch test
20 cycles @ 200 grams with stainless steel pointed tip

*Represents the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) Grade measured at the given conditions. Grade levels are A, B, C, D and F, where A is excellent, B is above average, C is average, D is below average, and F is poor.

Conversion chart
Millimeters (mm) to inches > mm ÷ 25.4
Inches to mm > Inches ÷ 0.03937
Meters (m) to Feet (ft) > m ÷ 0.3048
Feet to Meters > Feet ÷ 3.2808
C° to F° > (1.8 x C°) + 32 = F°
F° to C° > (F° ÷ 1.8) -17.77 = C°
Thousand square inches (MSI) to m² > msi x 0.645
MSI = m² ÷ 0.645

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