Re:The perfect (but mythical) plant label

At 10:57 PM 6/1/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Richard and everyone
>
>Could anyone ever deny that " the indestructable, perpetually readable, but
>unobtrusive plant label."  is the ultimate gold at the end of the rainbow?
>Has anyone ever found it or at least created an acceptable substitute?
>Coincidentally we were discussing the problem this morning. We have the
>British branch of the MGS visiting the nursery at the end of the month and
>it would be nice to be able to show them something more pleasing than the
>brittle, stained, mildew-attacked and ridiculously expensive plastic labels
>we have used up to now. Perhaps the best I have seen were  round white
>stones with the plant names written on them in black paint, but we would
>need a truck load and they would make the place look like the sea shore
>which isn't really the image I am looking for.
>
>Anthony
>
Anthony:

This will work with 4" Pylon plastic labels:

>Something that has me almost as interested are your printed labels that
came with the plants.  I've been watching them in case they start to fade so
that I can re-label the plants before it's too late.  But your labels are
holding up great.  Could I get you to share your trick with me?  Did you
print them yourself?  Use special labels?  Special printer?  Or buy them
pre-printed somewhere?  

I get my labels from Economy Label Company	800-874-4465
P. O. Box 96893	
Chicago, IL  60693
http://www.economylabel.com/home.html

515 Carswell Avenue	800-205-7611
Holly Hill, FL  32117     Fax	973-455-7148

The particular item is LPS1225SWH  $36.56

and I order from:
Specialty Tag & Label	800-475-2040
P. O. Box 1500
Flowery Branch, GA 30542-0025

info@specialtytag.com

You will need a laser printer, hopefully with a straight pass through for
individual sheets.  The die-cut stock sheets are thick.  Instead of paper,
the labels are made from PVC film with an aggressive glue.  Since laser
toner is finely divided plastic and since it is fused on, it makes a
permanent label.  

You should be able to get a sample sheet from them to test on your printer.
This won't work with an inkjet printer.

The other thing you will need is a printing program.  I use the user-defined
label macro in WordPerfect.  MS Word has one also, and you can buy a program
from Avery.  I set the page up using the factors on the edit screen in
Labels1.gif and get a WYSIWYG image as in Labels2.gif  (I'll send these by
attachment in a separate post to whomever wants it).  You will have to
experiment with line spacing, font, font size, and overall page and cell
margins.  I set my label size up to get two labels per die cut label.  I cut
up the sheets on a cutting board so that the longitudinal die cut is in the
middle of the strip 

There is also the Dymo label maker that works with aluminum strip, and a
service in Rochester, NY that does custom engraved labels (I've forgotten
the address and name).  These are not cheap[.


Richard F. Dufresne
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