[Nhcoll-l] Labels

Thu Mar 26 17:06:29 EDT 2015

For anyone using sharpies - please test to make sure that they are not soluble in any solvent you might be using near them - including water.  Be warned - the older ones are light sensitive, and they color shift.  They are also soluble in alcohol and acetone.  I have not tested the newest version that are supposed to be "archival".  There are other pens that you can use.

Gretchen
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From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Opitz, Cindy
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Maybe Paul is like me and doesn't have a budget for thermal-transfer-printing equipment like that? Would people with the equipment consider running print batches for people who don't have the equipment, for a fee? Does anyone do that already?

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From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Bentley, Andrew Charles
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Paul

Silly question but why are you labelling jars and lids instead of placing labels within the jar using the thermal transfer printing system available from Alpha Systems being used by a large number of extant alcoholic collections?  The labels are unaffected by alcohol or formalin and do not yellow, brittle or fade over time and also do not leach anything into the fluid.  We have been using them for 10+ years and have been very happy.

Andy

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From: nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu<mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Callomon,Paul
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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Labels

Folks,

We are starting work on rehousing our entire alcohol-preserved mollusk collection, comprising about 50,000 bottles. For many years we have used medical tape to label jars and lids, writing on it with sharpies. This works pretty well, as the tape stays stuck to glass or plastic for over 40 years. However, for the next round of rehousing I'd prefer to use pre-cut labels for the sake of neatness and speed.
Does anyone know of a suitable label? It can be cloth or paper, and should ideally be available in various sizes and shapes. I'm especially keen on finding a good circular label for the caps of regular 4- and 6-dram screw-top vials.

Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates
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