[Nhcoll-l] Gathering info on in-house testing of printed labels for fluid collections!

[Gali Beiner]

Dear All,

Just a small reminder of my call regarding collecting information on
printed labels in fluid collections for a SPNHC wiki page (see the previous
posting below), and an addition -

Learning about failed labels in your collections is extremely useful. If
you haven't done testing, but have:

1. Successful printed labels in fluid collections made with a known model
of printer, a known toner and a known substrate (paper or other),

and/or even more importantly

2. Known cases of labels which did NOT hold well and were discontinued, but
there is info on the printer+toner+substrate

this will be great info to add into the compilation!

Thanks,

Gali


On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 4:52 PM Gali Beiner <gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il>
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> We very recently held a long (over 50 postings!) discussion here in
> NHCOLL, headed "Desktop thermal printers?". In that thread, I mentioned the
> possibility of creating some sort of "digital space" for information on
> ongoing "informal" testing and follow-ups on labels in different places.
>
> *There is an opening for doing exactly this within the framework of the
> SPNHC wikipages*. Those of you who conduct such ongoing informal tests or
> have specific observations from "their" collections (Andy, Chris, Fowler,
> Hans-Joachim and anyone else out there, apologies if I failed to mention
> anyone) are very much invited to contact me. It will be good to list the
> duration of your procedures, which products exactly you put under
> observation, general conditions of your procedure, etc. I'll try to create
> a table for the purpose.
>
> Let's see how this goes! All this info that never gets published because
> it is "not exactly scientific" but still very interesting now has a chance
> to be seen!
>
> Gali
>
>
> --
> Gali Beiner (ACR)
> Conservator, Palaeontology Lab
> National Natural History Collections
> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
> Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram
> Jerusalem 91904, Israel
> Fax. 972-2-6585785
> *gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il <gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il>*
>
> *https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en <https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en>*
>


-- 
Gali Beiner (ACR)
Conservator, Palaeontology Lab
National Natural History Collections
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Berman Building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram
Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Fax. 972-2-6585785
*gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il <gali.beiner at mail.huji.ac.il>*

*https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en <https://nnhc.huji.ac.il/?lang=en>*
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