[NHCOLL-L:4270] Re: Nalgene PolyPaper

[John E Simmons]

You can purchase a similar spun-bonded polyethylene based label material
from Polypaper and from "Rite In The Rain."  Both lines of products are
carried by a variety of vendors (just Google the product names),
particularly places such as Ben Meadows and Forestry Suppliers.  Some
versions of polypapers are designed to be run through laser printers, but I
would not try this with any plastic film that does not specifically say that
it can be used with a laser printer (some will melt with the heat).

--John

John E. Simmons
Museologica
128 E. Burnside Street
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010
simmons.johne at gmail.com
303-681-5708
www.museologica.com
and
Adjunct Curator of Collections
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery
Penn State University
19 Deike Building
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-2709
jes67 at psu.edu

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:25 PM, <Alastair.Graham at csiro.au> wrote:

>  Hello
>
> I have been using a plastic paper (Nalgene PolyPaper Plastic Paper - cat. #
> 6304-0811) for more than 18 years to label preserved fish specimens stored
> in formaldehyde and ethanol.  This paper is spun-bonded polyethylene and is
> very resistant to moisture, chemicals (e.g. formaldehyde and ethanol) and
> tearing (allowing the attachment of the label to a specimen).  It has a
> special coating, which means that it can be written on with a pencil, even
> underwater.
>
> Are you familiar with this particular product?  My stock is running low and
> I would like to purchase some more.  However, I have been told that this
> particular product is no longer supplied by Nalgene.  I have tried
> unsuccessfully to find out who actually manufactured the paper, in case they
> were prepared to supply the paper directly to me.
>
> I am looking for plain paper stock.  We print either in-house for specific
> labels using a dot-matrix printer with an indelible ink ribbon (yes, old
> technology, but it works) or at a commercial printer for pre-formatted field
> labels (again using an indelible ink).  The Nalgene PolyPaper is 216 x 279
> mm or 8-1/2 x 11 in.
>
> I was wondering whether anyone has used Nalgene PolyPaper previously? If
> so, what are you using now and does it do the job?
>
> This is a rather long shot.  Does anyone have some PolyPaper, which they
> are willing to sell?
>
> If you have not used Nalgene PolyPaper, do know of another plastic paper
> that has similar specifications?
>
> Thanks very much for your assistance.
>
> Cheers
>
> Al
>
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> Alastair (Al) Graham
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> Australian National Fish Collection
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