[NHCOLL-L:4273] Re: Nalgene PolyPaper

[Ron Eng]

Alastair,

 

The "Rite in the Rain" paper is very good. I have not used it for specimen
labels, but I have used it for field work (they make a variety of
notebooks). I have had good experience using the paper in a laser printer.

 

The company is located near Seattle, Washington, and they sell direct.

 

http://www.riteintherain.com/

 

 

Ron

 

From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu]
On Behalf Of John E Simmons
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:31 AM
To: Alastair.Graham at csiro.au
Cc: NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:4270] Re: Nalgene PolyPaper

 

You can purchase a similar spun-bonded polyethylene based label material
from Polypaper and from "Rite In The Rain."  Both lines of products are
carried by a variety of vendors (just Google the product names),
particularly places such as Ben Meadows and Forestry Suppliers.  Some
versions of polypapers are designed to be run through laser printers, but I
would not try this with any plastic film that does not specifically say that
it can be used with a laser printer (some will melt with the heat).

--John

John E. Simmons
Museologica
128 E. Burnside Street
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 16823-2010
simmons.johne at gmail.com
303-681-5708
www.museologica.com
and
Adjunct Curator of Collections
Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery
Penn State University
19 Deike Building
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-2709
jes67 at psu.edu

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:25 PM, <Alastair.Graham at csiro.au> wrote:

Hello

 

I have been using a plastic paper (Nalgene PolyPaper Plastic Paper - cat. #
6304-0811) for more than 18 years to label preserved fish specimens stored
in formaldehyde and ethanol.  This paper is spun-bonded polyethylene and is
very resistant to moisture, chemicals (e.g. formaldehyde and ethanol) and
tearing (allowing the attachment of the label to a specimen).  It has a
special coating, which means that it can be written on with a pencil, even
underwater.  

 

Are you familiar with this particular product?  My stock is running low and
I would like to purchase some more.  However, I have been told that this
particular product is no longer supplied by Nalgene.  I have tried
unsuccessfully to find out who actually manufactured the paper, in case they
were prepared to supply the paper directly to me.

 

I am looking for plain paper stock.  We print either in-house for specific
labels using a dot-matrix printer with an indelible ink ribbon (yes, old
technology, but it works) or at a commercial printer for pre-formatted field
labels (again using an indelible ink).  The Nalgene PolyPaper is 216 x 279
mm or 8-1/2 x 11 in. 

 

I was wondering whether anyone has used Nalgene PolyPaper previously? If so,
what are you using now and does it do the job?

 

This is a rather long shot.  Does anyone have some PolyPaper, which they are
willing to sell?

 

If you have not used Nalgene PolyPaper, do know of another plastic paper
that has similar specifications?

 

Thanks very much for your assistance.

 

Cheers

 

Al

 

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