[Nhcoll-l] Thermal printer

[Lazo-Wasem, Eric]

We have been using Datamax I class printers for years (~10).  A recent project produced 50000 labels in 2.5 years; very durable and reliable.

A few points to save aggravation:

stick with 300 dpi; we have found 600 dpi too fine when using smaller fonts (Franklin Gothic medium, 6 pt)
during initial setup make sure the print speed is significantly slowed down from default, and raise the print temperature too.
windows drivers make label setup easy, but generally it is not quite WYSIWYG; margins can vary a bit from what is seen on the screen

If you go this route I can send you all the setting we use, and some windows label templates if you want them.

Best, Eric


Eric A. Lazo-Wasem
Senior Collections Manager
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale University
170 Whitney Ave.
New Haven, CT 06520
203 432-3784

From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Tonya.Haff at csiro.au
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2019 6:10 PM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Thermal printer

Hi all,

Can any of you recommend a good (reliable, easy to use) thermal printer? We want one primarily for printing onto Tyvek paper and plastic adhesive labels (not barcoding).

Thanks!

Tonya

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Dr Tonya Haff
Collections Manager
Australian National Wildlife Collection
National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO
Canberra, Australia
Phone: (+61) 02 62421566

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