[NHCOLL-L:4274] RE: Nalgene PolyPaper

Tue Mar 31 11:58:19 EDT 2009

Alistair

There is a spun bound POLYESTER that we use for producing our labels for our fish and herp collections here using a thermal transfer printer to embed the ink into the surface of the paper.  This paper fits your bill in all respects except that it is not easily written on with pencil.  It has a shiny surface and am not sure whether you can get it in a matt.  The material comes in a 400 foot long roll (4 inches wide) that fits into our printer and works very nicely...

I wrote an article for the SPNHC newsletter on this technology some time back and have attached it here.  The company info for where we obtain this material is in the article - they have been very cagey about the exact makeup of the material for obvious reasons.

Andy

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Andy Bentley
Ichthyology Collection Manager/Specify Usability Lead
University of Kansas
Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center
Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

Tel: (785) 864-3863
Fax: (785) 864-5335
Email: ABentley at ku.edu       

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From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Alastair.Graham at csiro.au
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:26 PM
To: NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:4269] Nalgene PolyPaper

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

Fish Collection Manager 

Australian National Fish Collection

CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research                   Ph:  (03) 6232 5222

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E-mail: Alastair.Graham at csiro.au

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