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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I would guess that a regular clothes iron is all you need to fully bond laser printer ink into paper. A short burst of high heat will probably do a better job
than a long baking, as all the unfixed ink will become simultaneously mobile and should flow well into the paper. An old-style photographic print dryer (the kind with a hot, polished steel face and a canvas backer that presses the paper against the steel)
should also do this job pretty well, and that would give you a chance to recycle some old technology too!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Daniel K. Young<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 03, 2013 10:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Fwd: Labelling of alcohol-preserved specimens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi All,<br>
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I was intrigued by Mark O'Brien's comment (Hi Mark)! I have learned (and taught) just the opposite: do NOT use inkjet & bubblejet printers because the letters readily dissolve in EtOH (and I've witnessed that). In the case of simply xeroxed labels, the letters
readily life off the paper. As for laser printers, it has been my experience (and, alas, I'm old enough to have had a lot of experience) that as long as the heat is sufficient, the plasticized carbon will generally NOT lift off the paper. I am looking at
EtOH laser-printed labels that were printed more than 25 years ago and have been in 80% EtOH since - they look "good as new."
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I also concur with Paul's observation:<br>
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<span style="color:#330099">We have noticed in the last few years that modern laser printers seem to be using less heat, and thus are not bonding inks as tightly, especially into thicker paper stock.</span><br>
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For this reason, we now - as a matter of protocol, immediately take printed labels from the laser printer to a drying oven where we heat them for at least several hours (which not infrequently becomes over night as forgetful minds work). In any case this has
served us well. We now generally use Bright White, acid free, 65 lb. archival quality paper. This weight just falls into the "cardstock" category, but I find somewhat "lighter" 100% cotton paper -
<i>circa</i> 32 lb. worked well, too.<br>
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Great - and very important - topic!<br>
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Cheers, <br>
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Dan<br>
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Dr. Daniel K. Young<br>
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Chair, Entomology Academic Affairs Committee<br>
Chair, UW Natural History Museums Council<br>
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Professor of Entomology and<br>
Director, UW Insect Research Collection (WIRC)<br>
445 Russell Laboratories<br>
Department of Entomology<br>
1630 Linden Drive<br>
University of Wisconsin<br>
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ph. 608-262-2078<br>
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