Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU Library Faculty & Staff Publications Libraries 3-2004 Thermal-Transfer Printing: A Better Way to Print Library Labels Cheryl D. Walters Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/lib_pubs Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Walters, Cheryl D., "Thermal-Transfer Printing: A Better Way to Print Library Labels" (2004). Library Faculty & Staff Publications. Paper 9. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/lib_pubs/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Libraries at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Library Faculty & Staff Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. v23n1_final.qxd 5/12/2004 11:27 AM Page 30 Thermal-Transfer nology developed and tested by com- using a stylus pen and library hand, a panies and businesses—thermal- standardized form of handwriting Printing: A Better transfer printing. taught to aspiring librarians in Way to Print As described in this article, Utah library courses. While this method State University Libraries (USUL) created durable text on the spine, its Library Labels uses thermal-transfer printing to legibility depended on the vagaries print better labels via a system com- of handwriting skills while its accu- bining thermal-transfer printing racy depended on the diligence of the Cheryl D. Walters technology with an electronic pro- writer. Superceding the stylus, type- gram that formats and prints data written labels improved legibility by Thermal-transfer printing, a technology directly from the library online cata- adding the consistency of a typewrit- borrowed from the manufacturing sector, log.