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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Heidi,<br>
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first thing I would explore is if there is any denaturing agent
added to your alcohol; some additives are corroding plastics in
the long run (especially Ketones). In this case, I would be
careful with printing systems that use plastic fibre-sheets and
laminate a thin foil that holds the letters on top. Even if you
don't have any additives today, it would be worth to figure out if
additives were used in the past (which may result in some sort of
chemical cocktail inside your jars).<br>
<br>
The second question for me would be if you are changing your paper
as well; "printing labels" is always a combination of printer and
printing medium. So if you are using a specific type of paper for
your labels (and want continue to use it), any recommendation
should match to the paper you are using. <br>
<br>
Even though laser printers do usually use very stable pigments,
you can see similar effects of de-lamination. This is the basic
difference to ink printing, where the ink penetrates into the
paper and thus can be detached that easy from the surface. If you
do want to continue with laser printing, the paper should be
sufficiently rough to give stable printing results (i.e. pigments
are backed around rough the fibres; on smooth paper surfaces, they
tend to peel off more easily).<br>
<br>
If you are looking for ink printers, you should look into ink
printers that offer document proof printing (and respective ink
cartridges). Recommendations for ink printing (as far as I know)
refer to printers which already turned in modern (digital) fossils
and are either no longer available (perhaps via Ebay), or which
are about to loose support (e.g. HP stopped the cartridge
production of their famous HP 500 & 600 monochrome series). <br>
<br>
Because the life time of printers in general is short, I would try
to get information from libraries on stable printing systems and
critically check (perhaps you could get some test prints) if these
would work in your collection. As we are about to loose support
for our old HP 600 printers, I asked colleagues if they could send
me some labels I could test under our conditions.<br>
<br>
During SPNHC in Berlin, Bill Moser and colleagues from the
Smithsonian had a nice presentation on a promising printing
system; you can find details on page 67 in the abstract volume<br>
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<br>
<br>
Hope this helps, even though it surly is not a straight forward
answer to your question ...<br>
Dirk<br>
<br>
<br>
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Am 01.02.2017 um 21:48 schrieb Gartner, Heidi RBCM:EX:<br>
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someone please direct me to a resource/guidelines for the
best settings for printing labels that will be immersed in
alcohol (and occasionally formalin)?
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