[Nhcoll-l] ZD421 printer

[Gali Beiner]

Thanks, Andy and Rob!

Gali

בתאריך יום ה׳, 28 בספט׳ 2023, 18:23, מאת Rob Robins ‏<rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu
>:

> The Florida Museum Herpetology and Ichthyology collections purchased, and
> are using, the Zebra ZT411 to good effect for thermal transfer, fluid
> preservative specimen labels.
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> There does not seem to be much visible difference in label resolution
> between the 300dpi and 600dpi options except that the 600dpi, for reasons I
> do not know, does not come equipped with a cutter and perhaps, cannot come
> so equipped.
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>
> Fishes bought the 600 dpi – I wish we had the cutter.
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> Lastly, setup, done by our office of museum technology, was apparently
> easier than configuring a datamax (which as many know, involves a lot of
> appeals to a higher power).
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>
> Tweaking the settings seems to be likewise. (Like adjusting the print
> spacing so one can use scissor in place of a cutter. Womp womp).
>
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> To the extent this does or does not speak to the quality of Zebra printers
> in general, and the model you are considering, there you have it.
>
>
>
> (And Zebra printers are of course used widely in commerce/shipping
> applications).
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Rob
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>
>
> Robert H. Robins
>
> Collection Manager
>
> Division of Ichthyology
>
> [image: FLMNH Fishes logo email small]
>
> Florida Museum
>
> 1659 Museum Rd.
>
> Gainesville, FL 32611-7800
>
> Office: (352) 273-1957
>
> rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu
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> The UF Fish Collection is moving:
>
> https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fish/
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>
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> Search the Collection:
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> http://specifyportal.flmnh.ufl.edu/fishes/
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>
>
> Search samples suitable for dna analysis:
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> https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/grr/holdings/
>
>
>
> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> * On Behalf Of *Bentley,
> Andrew Charles
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 28, 2023 9:51 AM
> *To:* Gali Beiner <gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il>; NHCOLL-new <
> Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] ZD421 printer
>
>
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> *[External Email]*
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> Hi Gali
>
>
>
> I do not have experience with Zebra printers but have heard good things
> about the CAB SQUIB printers – see attached.  We are still using an older
> generation Datamax here at KU that is still going strong and these are
> apparently the successors to those.  All of these printers will accept the
> 700 foot rolls of spun bound polyester in continuous or tear off labels.
>
>
>
> Andy
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> Andy Bentley
> Ichthyology Collection Manager
> University of Kansas
> Biodiversity Institute
>
> Dyche Hall
> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
> Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
> USA
>
> Tel: (785) 864-3863
> Fax: (785) 864-5335
> Email: abentley at ku.edu
>
> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-1258
>
> http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu
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> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of *Gali
> Beiner
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 28, 2023 1:12 AM
> *To:* NHCOLL-new <Nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] ZD421 printer
>
>
>
> Dear All,
>
>
>
> Has anyone had experience with printers made by Zebra company - more
> particularly, the ZD421 printer along with white bi-oriented cavitated
> polypropylene sticker labels for use in *dry* (in our case - herbarium)
> collections? We're considering the option of using barcodes with these. The
> printing method is wax-resin thermal transfer, advertised as suitable for
> environmental conditions ranging at 0-30C and 45-85% (this latter point
> worries me).
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Gali
>
>
>
> --
>
> Gali Beiner (ACR)
>
> Conservator, Palaeontology Lab
>
> National Natural History Collections
>
> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram
> Jerusalem 91904, Israel
> Fax. 972-2-6585785
> *gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il <gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il>*
>
> *https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en <https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en>*
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