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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Question for the community: does anyone know whether Dymo/Brother tape labelers that use LetraTag or TZe tapes are ok for any sort of long term storage?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I had previously assumed the printing technology they use (a type of thermal transfer, like receipt printing) ruled them out for any sort of museum labeling. But there are some p-touch labels on boxes in our backlog collection that have
been in place for over 15 years with no visible fading. Additionally, some materials I store at -80 have been labeled with a p-touch and have held up for over 2 years. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’d assume the adhesive is probably the first thing that would fail. But does anyone know if the lettering itself is good long term?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nate<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">-<br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;background:white">Nathaniel F. Shoobs, </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Curator of Mollusks</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;background:white">College of Arts & Sciences </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Dept. of Evolution,
Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University<br>
Museum of Biological Diversity</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212<br>
614-688-1342 (Office)<br>
<a href="http://mbd.osu.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">mbd.osu.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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