Re: Re: COMP: labels - printing in town

You may not be clear on what I mean by labels. I'm talking about the strips,
8.5x1/2", that have a slot on one side to feed the other end through, making
a loop, and three notches along the sides to keep it from slipping back out
again. If you have ordered irises from Suttons, you know what I mean. I
order them with Malone Hollow Nature Center printed on the back, but with
the time taken in getting proofs and such exchanged this is not worth the
trouble and expense for most, and is probably over-reaching for a small,
local grower like myself. Because the notches are never exactly in the right
places, Mike Sutton staples his so they don't slide off the fan in shipping.

The ones that don't print on top and bottom of the sheet (another reason for
going to Kinko's) and those that get messed up in the printer I keep a
handful of in my gardening pants with my Write-4-all pen and use in the
garden for a number of things, like labeling crosses, or putting names to
irses that have strayed to the wrong location etc.
I have not done a good job of filing away the nursery supply catalogs and
would not be able to find them unless I desperately needed to order more,
and this morning I desperately need to get out there and dig more orders,
but they came from someplace in Memphis with a name like Southern Nursery
Supply, ask for Charles and try to convince him you are a commercial grower,
and would like their catalog.
The main problem for gardeners buying from nursery supply houses is not the
lack of a sales tax permit (in Tennessee if you grow over 50% of what you
sell you don't need one), but buying in sufficient quantities. Of course if
everyone gets in on their 800 number they will start erecting those
WHOLESALE ONLY barriers.
Note also that they offer several types of these labels, and you need to get
the sort for laser printers. They have a special heat transfer type that
requires buying a $1,500 printer from them for really big nurseries.
James Brooks
comeback@usit.net
Jonesborough, TN

linda Mann wrote:

> I like the idea of making these labels on somebody else's laser printer.
>
> James - you mentioned printing customer labels & others have mentioned
> the types of label material to feed to the printer.  If you aren't
> already driving to Kingsport or Greenville to find a Staples this
> morning, would you post types of label 'paper' & sources that you/others
> use for labeling plants, in and out of the ground?
>
> Does Staples/Kinkos/Wallyworld keep any of these label materials in
> stock?
>
> I'm still using Arnold K's suggestion from several years ago of cattle
> ear-tag marking paint pen to make labels and write on fans.  Writes on
> dew damp fans (after a quick wipe with my damp, dirty gloves or
> shirt-tail, & by the time I get them from the garden to the hose, they
> are water proof enough to survive hose washing, dunking in Clorox water
> and rinse.
>
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
>
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