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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Dear Tom,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">This is a very interesting question and subject.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">But first, I want to emphasize that even though our experience with producing labels with inkjet printers for fluid-preserved samples appears to have been positive,
the need to continue testing and validating our practices, as proposed by Gali Beiner and others, is essential. You can also check the following:
<a href="https://spnhc.biowikifarm.net/wiki/Labeling_Natural_History_Collections">
https://spnhc.biowikifarm.net/wiki/Labeling_Natural_History_Collections</a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">As far as using inkjet printers is concerned, the fact that many such printers are becoming obsolete (or at least access to the cartridges is) is certainly a big ongoing
issue. We are now at our fourth generation of printers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">The challenge appears to be mostly one of print quality. Since most printer companies have recently focused on colour printing, the quality of B&W print has gone down
significantly; it’s not easy to find a printer that has actual 1200 x 1200 DPI resolution, which we require for our small labels.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">The black ink is generally a pigment-based ink, even the cheap generic refill ink, so that is not so much an issue once you’ve tested it. But some inks seem to work
fine on certain paper but tend to run on others. The result on Resistal paper is acceptable for font size 8 pts and bigger.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Of course, the ink has to dry completely before it is immersed in alcohol. We leave the printed labels on a slide warming plate for at least an hour before immersion.
It is best to do your own tests before going all the way with a combination of printer and paper. Both can affect the result and the long term durability.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">We currently use two HP Officejet 4650 in Invertebrate Collections (mostly fluid-preserved) and Entomology (very small font) and the results are good. Of course, you
have to set up the printing to the highest resolution and “black only”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">The reality, again, is that these printers will disappear (with the fast turn-over of technology and limited durability) and we’ll have to find a more permanent solution
too. That is why we also use the thermal transfer printers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">I hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">Jean-Marc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Jean-Marc Gagnon, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Curator/Conservateur, Invertebrate Collections/Collections de invertébrés<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Tel : 613-364-4066, email/courriel : <a href="mailto:jmgagnon@nature.ca">
<span style="color:#0563C1">jmgagnon@nature.ca</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA"><a href="https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/science-experts/jean-marc-gagnon</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Research & Collections / Recherche & Collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Canadian Museum of Nature /Musée canadien de la nature<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">P.O. Box 3443, Sta. D / Casier Postal 3443, Succ.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(Courier address : 1740 Pink Road, Gatineau, QC, J9J 3N7)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Schiøtte<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 20, 2018 5:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Alcohol safe InkJet printers<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would be grateful for information (brand, model and cartridge number) about
<b>InkJet</b> printers (not thermo or laser printers) that any of you have been using for labels going into alcohol, and where you have long term experience that the ink stays on the labels and doesn’t fade away, rub off or otherwise proves unreliable.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I presently use an HP DeskJet 1220C with cartridge # 45. It is quite satisfactory, but it is also, by now, a quite old machine, and I have checked that other HP printers using cartride # 45 are now discontinued too, so…..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in anticipation<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DA">Tom Schiøtte</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:DA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DA">Collection manager, Echinodermata & Mollusca</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:DA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DA">Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoology)</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:DA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DA" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:DA">+45 35 32 10 48</span></b><span lang="DA" style="mso-fareast-language:DA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:TSchioette@snm.ku.dk"><b><span lang="DA" style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:DA">TSchioette@snm.ku.dk</span></b></a><span lang="DA" style="mso-fareast-language:DA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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