Re: COMP:Labels-Ink Jet Alternative



storylade@aol.com wrote:

> To recap . . .
> You can print out your labels on ink jet (if it's all you have, like me) on
> regular paper and take the paper to your local print shop where it can be
> copied , using laser copiers, onto the actual label.  Did I get it right?
>
> Lot cheaper than buying a new printer!
>
> Betty in BG KY

As usual, you are on top of the situation, except for those of us who have made
the transition from dot matrix to laser to ink jet, and have old printers
sitting around the room.
I pulled out my laser printer this morning and installed it on Win 98 (new
since I last used it) and ran the first sheet of plastic perforated pre-printed
labels through (these are the collars some growers use to ID orders, and I put
not only the bed location and variety name on it, but also the customers name,
and make a label for every plant, so I know before I start that I have to dig
25 Vanity, 14 Brindled Beauty etc.

Only problem was that the first label sheet snagged on something in front on
the fuser roller at the back of the machine - this is the hot roller that fuses
the toner to the paper and makes it so impervious to weather. The sheet jammed
up and crunched onto the hot fuser roller, doing damage I didn't realize until
I had cleaned it out (I thought) and melted part of another sheet.

So my laser printer, that spent the year on the shelf, is now at the computer
shop getting the good cleaning it should have had before I started printing -
anytime in the last year would have worked.

I'm still digging orders - this is the first weekend after the 4th, after all.
It's just that those first few orders dug this weekend won't have my pretty new
pre-printed name collars on them, but instead will have the variety name
written on the fans with my handy Write-4-all garden pen, just like in past
years.

One thing that really excited me about doing labels on the laser printer
(before this morning) was that last year I discovered that the labels can be on
the iris when it is immersed in the soaking water, and even in the chlorine
rinse, with no loss of legibility. Betty's idea of taking your sheets to
Kinko's and having them print your labels on a regular laser printer (what we
used to call a Xerox machine) makes more sense than ever. Too bad they're not
open Sunday morning.

James Brooks
comeback@usit.net
Jonesborough, TN

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