The ribbon with the general commodity, it does not exist in isolation, but must be with the printer, print media (label) have value relevance collocation. So when the ribbon in the choice to buy, from the use of the printer, the print medium (tag), to the effect, cost budget and so on as the starting point to purchase ribbon. When we do not know the above conditions, it is difficult to buy suitable ribbon.

Generally when a ribbon is not used in the choice of a good buy, first test. Usually the manufacturer provides the sample.