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I actually have a Brother label maker at work. I had not thought
about using it, but I'll definitely give it a try.
Thanks again,
Mike
--- In basicstamps@y..., "Dennis P. O'Leary" <doleary@h...> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> We just went through this process, with the added feature that our
labels
> had to be "UL approved" meaning withstanding rubbing with isopropyl
alcohol.
> After investigating many options, we finally adopted an excellent
suggestion
> by Tracy Allen: go with a Brother label maker. They use "TZ Tape"
in
> different colors and backgrounds. For a black plastic enclosure
panel, we
> now use the gold letters on black background. The tape is
multilayer, with
> a protective outer layer, and an excellent adhesive. It passed the
UL
> tests, with no problems. The tape works fine in the low-cost hand
held
> machines. But for production work, we went with a larger Brother
printer
> that has a computer interface (also recommended by Tracy). It
allows us to
> use wider tape, print our logos from image files, and store the
files for
> later use.
>
> By calling Brother directly, we purchased a guaranteed,
reconditioned
> printer for half the cost of a new one.
>
> Dennis
>
> Dennis O'Leary
> WSR, Inc.
> Pasadena, CA
>
>
Original Message
> From: Michael [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:mstone@g...]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 3:55 PM
> To: basicstamps@y...
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Labels for project enclosure
>
>
> I need to label some switches, LED's, jacks, etc on a black plastic
> project enclosure. The surface os slightly textured, so I'm not
sure
> how well "stick-ons" will stay attached. I had thought about "rub-
> ons", but the only ones that I could find were too large and they
> were black.....
>
> Any suggetstions?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
about using it, but I'll definitely give it a try.
Thanks again,
Mike
--- In basicstamps@y..., "Dennis P. O'Leary" <doleary@h...> wrote:
> Mike,
>
> We just went through this process, with the added feature that our
labels
> had to be "UL approved" meaning withstanding rubbing with isopropyl
alcohol.
> After investigating many options, we finally adopted an excellent
suggestion
> by Tracy Allen: go with a Brother label maker. They use "TZ Tape"
in
> different colors and backgrounds. For a black plastic enclosure
panel, we
> now use the gold letters on black background. The tape is
multilayer, with
> a protective outer layer, and an excellent adhesive. It passed the
UL
> tests, with no problems. The tape works fine in the low-cost hand
held
> machines. But for production work, we went with a larger Brother
printer
> that has a computer interface (also recommended by Tracy). It
allows us to
> use wider tape, print our logos from image files, and store the
files for
> later use.
>
> By calling Brother directly, we purchased a guaranteed,
reconditioned
> printer for half the cost of a new one.
>
> Dennis
>
> Dennis O'Leary
> WSR, Inc.
> Pasadena, CA
>
>
Original Message
> From: Michael [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:mstone@g...]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 3:55 PM
> To: basicstamps@y...
> Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Labels for project enclosure
>
>
> I need to label some switches, LED's, jacks, etc on a black plastic
> project enclosure. The surface os slightly textured, so I'm not
sure
> how well "stick-ons" will stay attached. I had thought about "rub-
> ons", but the only ones that I could find were too large and they
> were black.....
>
> Any suggetstions?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/