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A printing technology in which a wax-based ink is transferred to the substrate via heat. Like the dye sublimation process, many heating elements are contained within the printing head, which control the amount of pigment that reaches the substrate. The heating elements melt the wax-based ink, which is deposited onto the printing surface. Many of the thermal wax transfer printers allow only one process color to be printed at a time. It is necessary to send the substrate through the equipment four times (once for each of the process colors of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) in order to print an image in full color. Despite the cumbersome aspects of this process, thermal wax transfer systems produce a very intense color image and the printed piece is resistant to moisture and ultraviolet light. Printing systems with thermal wax transfer technology are typically used for color proofing, presentation applications, and T-shirt printing.
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