[NHCOLL-L:3080] RE: Can Thermal Laser printers be used to produce labels in spirit jars?

[Hnewman at alphasystemsva.com]

           Dear Mr. Morris,

            We are a value added reseller that sells preservation tag
stock and thermal printers to many museums such as the Smithsonian in
the United States. Please read the above attachment and visit our
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Thank you for your interest.

 

Howard Newman

Alpha Systems

Media Accounts Manager

 

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From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
[mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Morris, Robert (SAM)
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 1:49 AM
To: NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:3078] Can Thermal Laser printers be used to produce
labels in spirit jars?

 

Dear List, 

We at the South Australian Museum have been experimenting with a Zebra
thermal laser printer to produce permanent labels for insertion with
specimens stored in 75% ethanol solution. We are currently using gloss
white polypropylene stock but these seem to be degrading in the ethanol
and as a result the printed information is also being lost. We have a
feeling that if we can find the right stock we may be able to continue
to use a thermal printer. Does anyone else use such a printer for this
purpose and if so what stock and ink have you found that works? If not
what methods are employed for labels destined for long term storage in
ethanol solutions? We are lloking to automate the process rather than
continue to hand write each label.

Thanks in advance 

 

Robert Morris 
Head of Collections 
South Australian Museum 
Tel 08-8207 7455 
Fax 08 8207 7222 

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