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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We bought the following machine last Fall: Honeywell PX940<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.cdwg.com/product/honeywell-px940-3-core-300-dpi-thermal-industrial-printer/5712690?pfm=srh">https://www.cdwg.com/product/honeywell-px940-3-core-300-dpi-thermal-industrial-printer/5712690?pfm=srh</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It has been a total disaster and we all feel like we wasted a few thousand dollars. Details are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Connecting it to a device was harder than it should have been (our in-house IT could not do it without Honeywell customer service help).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It prints very faintly. We have it turned up to maximum density and it is just barely at the darkness our old Datamax was on a regular setting (and we
have been informed by Honeywell that printing at darkest setting with cause it to die out faster…)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It doesn’t seem to recognize the media we already had (supposedly “standard” and can fit any thermal printer). This results in us having to open and
shut the print head <u>before every label</u>, just to trick it into recognizing there is media present. It also ejects/feeds about 4-5 labels worth of media after each label.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">There is no built-in cutter to cut your labels for you (not sure if that is just a model issue or none of these Honeywell ones have it; the company seemed
confused by this concept)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We use FileMaker as our specimen database and our presets on labels there print ok, but the ones in Excel do not (and we basically have to do weird re-formatting
things in Excel <u>every time</u> we create a new label)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We have tried a new printhead, thinking it would fix the faintness issue (#2), but it did not. We also requested the “official” Honeywell media sample thinking maybe it would start to recognize it (perhaps
fixing multiple issues in #3). They have not sent the media yet (requested over a month ago), so I assume we will have to eventually break down and just buy it ourselves, hoping it fixes the problem. See attached specs from the company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In the meantime, as an example, I just spent ~1 hr last week printing 10 labels…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Jessa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">___________________________________________________</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Jessa Watters, M.S.</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Collection Manager, Herpetology</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sam Noble Museum</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">2401 Chautauqua Ave.</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Norman, OK 73072</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">jwatters@ou.edu</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://jessawatters.weebly.com/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://jessawatters.weebly.com/</span></a><br>
</span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">405-325-7771 (phone)</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">405-325-7699 (fax)</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/collections-and-research/herpetology/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/collections-and-research/herpetology/</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">pronouns: she, her, hers</span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:inherit;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Mary Sollows <Mary.Sollows@nbm-mnb.ca><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 6:55 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Nhcoll-l] HONEYWELL, PX940 PRINTER, VERIFIER W/PERPETUAL LIC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Hello,</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">I would like to know if anyone has experience using the following thermal label printer for collections stored in ethanol: HONEYWELL, PX940 PRINTER, VERIFIER W/PERPETUAL LIC., FULL
TOUCH DISPLAY, UNIVERSAL FW, ETH, USB, SERIAL, LOW POWER BLUETOOTH, RIBBON INK IN/OUT, MEDIA CORE 3 INCH, DT AND TT, 300 DPI, US POWER CORD. </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Our efforts to purchase a Datamax or CAB/Squix were unsuccessful last year because of supply issues so we purchased a Honeywell option. We returned it to Honeywell in January because
it was defective and we have now been offered the option to replace it with a slightly different model, the HONEYWELL, PX940 PRINTER, VERIFIER W/PERPETUAL LIC.
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">I am also curious if anyone knows of a museum service available to have thermal labels printed by an external organization using the appropriate media and SDR ribbon? I don’t want
to run the risk of “Alphabet soup” in the jars of ethanol caused but incorrect ribbon. We need to deal with a large backlog of labels to be printed that have been accumulating over the past 2 years. As always, I really appreciate your advice.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Best regards,</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Mary Sollows</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Invertebrate Zoology</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Department of Natural History</span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> / Département d’histoire naturelle
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">New Brunswick Museum / Musée du Nouveau-Brunswick</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">277 Douglas Ave.</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Saint John, New Brunswick</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Canada E2K 1E5</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="mailto:Mary.Sollows@nbm-mnb.ca"><span style="color:black">Mary.Sollows@nbm-mnb.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">tel: (506) 643-2365</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">fax: (506) 643-2360 t was defectivt</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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