[Nhcoll-l] guidelines for printing labels

Thu Feb 2 06:25:21 EST 2017

Heidi

The gold standard for wet collections is the thermal transfer printer and spun bound polyester media system that a number of museums have been using for some time now.  We have been using it in our ichthyology and herpetology collections for over 15 years and have been extremely happy with them – no fading, yellowing, cracking or any deterioration in a number of different environments – ethanol, isopropanol, formalin, glycerin – pure and with specimen associated oils and contaminants.

I have had an informal test ongoing on my window ledge for about 11 years now with labels in all solutions in direct sunlight and the labels still look as new.

Attached is information about the printer, the pricing from Alpha Systems and an article I wrote for the SPNHC newsletter some time back.

As Dirk mentioned there was some worry a while back about labels not standing up to certain fluids but this was traced back to a batch of incorrect ribbon that was shipped to various users.

Happy to provide further details if you are interested or ship you some sample labels to try.

Andy

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From: <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Heidi Gartner <HGartner at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca>
Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 2:48 PM
To: "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] guidelines for printing labels

Hello,

Can someone please direct me to a resource/guidelines for the best settings for printing labels that will be immersed in alcohol (and occasionally formalin)?

We have been printing using a laser printer (Lexmar MS310dn) on permafiber paper.  We have been using this system for years but I have recently noticed that, particularly on small (vial sized) labels, that abrasion is wearing/scratching off some of the ink (mainly from forcept or vial mouth).  The label ink doesn’t bleed once immersed but I am still concerned with the long term viability of these labels.

Many thanks,
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