[Nhcoll-l] Fwd: Labelling of alcohol-preserved specimens

[Mark O'Brien]

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From: Mark O'Brien <mfobrien at umich.edu>
Date: Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] Labelling of alcohol-preserved specimens
To: "Utrup, Jessica" <jessica.bazeley at yale.edu>


Many collections have been using b&w text from inkjet printers and impact
printers for at least 2 decades.  For a long time, Entoprint was used to
produce labels on MacOS computers (a program I marketed in the early 1990s)
- and is still available from the software developer online for free.
 However, most labels are easily produced via any word-processing program
or as a label from a database program.
It has long been established to NOT use laser printers, as the plasticized
carbon will lift off the paper under various conditions, as well as erode
from the paper when handled.  There is probably a body of work online
somewhere in the Herpetology and Ichtyology realm where this has all been
worked out.

Mark


On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Utrup, Jessica <jessica.bazeley at yale.edu>wrote:

>  Hello dear colleagues,****
>
> An old question: best system for labeling of alcohol-preserved specimens:
> inks, printers, papers... Any new answers/solutions? We still use manual
> system with Indian ink on bill paper, this is secure but labored. Any
> mechanized system more efficient and long term reliable?****
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> Thank you
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Mark F. O'Brien, Collection Manager****

Insect Division, Museum of Zoology****

The University of Michigan****

1109 Geddes Avenue****

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