Re: Labels]
On 25 Apr 00 17:16:47 EDT Chuck Chapman <irischapman@netscape.net>
writes:
>"Colleen Modra" <irises@senet.com.au> wrote:
>
>> We use old metal venetian blinds (when we can get them) and write on
them
>> with garden marker pens. But if north facing (south in USA) they will
fade
>> off in 2 years.. I mark both sides of the marker and also the bottom,
as in
...
>
>I also use pieces cut from old metal venetian blinds. I write on one
side with
>a permanent garden marker and on the other with a china marking pen. The
china
>pen seems to last the longest but usually one is readable and serves for
>renewing the other. I'm hoping to acquire a thermal printer and print on
>plastic tape. I understand that this will last up to 7 years or better.
The
>tape would go onto the slats from the blinds.
>
Not having a thermal printer I use a plain ol' #2 pencil (and plastic
slats when metal blinds aren't available in the local thrift shops). I
would expect Laser Printer Labels to be indelible (IIRC laser printer
toner like copier toner is based on an extremely fine metallic or carbon
dust) and likewise indelible Drafting Ink ("India Ink") which is
basically carbon dust suspended in shellac.
Laird
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