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Chris P. Bacon
Chris P. Bacon
Inspiring
December 27, 2022
Question

Paper that is heat sensitive on both sides, for the Brother Pocket Jet?

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When I am selling my magazines digitally (and personally) then I want to print out a summary of the magazine at the purchase with a Brother Pocket Jet, that will include the QR code to the digital download and other perks, and the summary of the magazine which I specially make as a one page teaser for the purchase, but I would like to printed on both pages.

The printer is obviously able to print on both sides, the issue is that the heat sensitive coating is only on one side of the original Brother paper.

Is there any paper that has the heat sensitive coating on both sides?

I see it can also print on fax paper, is there any fax paper that is heat sensitive on both sides? 

Brother can pre-print anything on the paper on both sides, but that's for company branding, and I don't think that that is heat sensitive printing, that's probably ink or laser printing, and they apply the heat sensitive coating afterwards only on one side, is that right?

 

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Peter Spier
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Peter SpierCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 27, 2022

I don't know why you think it is "obviously able to print on both sides." What it is able to do is run the paper through either side up.

 

Brother's documentation says you can print on only one side (I presume because the thermal coating is only on one side and that's for good reason). I suspect if you take a print, flip it over and run again, even though you won't get your print on the back it will probably show up superimposed in reverse on the front -- thermal paper is pretty sensitive. It's also not a terribly durable image

Chris P. Bacon
Chris P. BaconAuthor
Inspiring
December 27, 2022

Maybe that's why they don't coat boat sides of it, so it won't get superimposed or bleeded over.

I have not worked with it yet, but looking at the videos it's quite thick paper, the original Brother paper, so maybe it wouldn't bleed over the other side if it would be coated on both sides.

So you don't know any paper for direct thermal printing that is printable on both sides?

I have seen some YouTube videos ahowing that you can use fax paper in it, but that is even thinner.

Peter Spier
Community Expert
Peter SpierCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 27, 2022

I did some googling and see that there are a few receipt printers out there now that have two print heads and print both sides at once on special rolls. Don't see the paper offered except in the 3-inch roll widths, though.

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