The use of thermal ribbons in printers for labels, creates a requirement for thermal label transfers. This method of printing uses heat to transfer the print on to a label from the ribbon, finally producing an image that becomes the label. The sorts of ribbons used in this process of printing labels, include wax resin ribbons, wax thermal ribbons or resin thermal ribbons. There are technologies available under which no thermal ribbon is required for carrying out the label printing process.