[NHCOLL-L:3479] RE: 'Permanent' Printer Ink - Collection Labels

[Bentley, Andrew Charles]

Diana

The latest thinking is that thermal transfer printers are the best around for wet specimen labels and I know that a couple of people are using them for herbarium labels too.  This is the technology that is used to print the labels that go on luggage at airports.  It thermally imbeds ribbon ink into the surface of a polyester media.  I have attached a pdf of an article I wrote about this technology for the SPNHC newsletter as well as some information on our supplier, Alpha Systems, that sells a Museum Tag solution for this type of thing.

Let me know if you have any other specific questions.

Andy

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Andy Bentley
Ichthyology Collection Manager/Specify Usability Lead
University of Kansas
Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center
Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

Tel: (785) 864-3863
Fax: (785) 864-5335
Email: ABentley at ku.edu       
                                                
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Diana Horton
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 12:15 PM
To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu; NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu; herbaria at nacse.org
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:3478] 'Permanent' Printer Ink - Collection Labels

With apologies for the cross-posting, I would like to know what type of 
printers people are using to produce collection labels and 
annotations.  What is the thinking regarding the 'permanence' of laser 
ink?  In the past (ca. 10 years ago), people seemed to think that inkjet 
print was more likely to be longer-lasting than laser print.  It was also 
suggested that Lexmark Black and White inkjet cartridges had 'permanent' 
ink.  Does anyone have more recent information?  Thank you!

Diana Horton
Former Director & Curator, University of Iowa Herbarium
(http://www.cgrer.uiowa.edu/herbarium)
Associate Professor, Biology Department
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA  52242
U.S.A.

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