As a part of the heat printing technology, thermal transfer technology is introduced from aboard not too long but enjoys rapid development in recent year. Talking about its origin, at the beginning, the new technology was introduced by some foreign merchants who was doing investments in China mainland in the past. The materials imported were used in specific area. After the introduction of flexible packaging technology by foreign companies, thermal transfer technology taps into prospective market in China and attracts the attention of the printing industry in recent year. The application of thermal transfer technology is used increasingly expanding and has been applied to many industries. Taking the plastic processing industry as a example, this industry also utilizes thermal transfer technology to accelerate its process. There are a lot of advantages of thermal transfer technology in plastic processing industry, including simple and convenient operating procedures, no infection, rich printing layer,color images, high precision, good quality, 3D transfer graphic and good abrasion resistance. Plastic thermal transfer technology is the rise of hot stamping because ordinary heat printing technology requires high temperature when printing the decorative materials. With the development of plastic thermal transfer technology, this technology has been extended to the production of constructive decoration, furniture and gifts.
In the aspect of market demand, with continuous development of commodity economy, the manufacturers of their own products, trademarks, labels and packaging requirements are increasingly high. For the printing industry, the concept of printing has long been not the impression Traditional paper printed. From our daily necessities to office appliances, even electrical appliances, decoration, technology and other industries of all walks of life products, need more and more practical and external packaging. And most of these packaging relies on the thermal transfer. Therefore, the transfer industry has a very wide and deep market space. In general, with the development of this technology and continued integration of new technology,  being a special printing, thermal transfer will attracts more and more attention and tap into a larger prospective printing market.