We have used this site in the past, actually back when it was completely free.
http://www.mytapelabels.com/ we use Avery 6577 labels in our HP color laser and they are crisp and they stick like crazy. David Tyree System Administrator South Georgia Medical Center 229.333.1155 -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Steven Langdale Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 07:43 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Printing labels locally for LTO tapes (physically) I've done it - generally in an emergency though. I've found all of the IBM libraries to be very forgiving of rather amateurish looking lables. I've only ever done them on a laser printers though. Getting them to stick (and stay) on is always the most challenging bit! Steven On 16 January 2015 at 12:01, Nick Laflamme <n...@laflamme.us> wrote: > Does anyone have any experience with trying to produce labels in-house > to relabel physically LTO tapes? > > We’re going to start using different series of barcode labels as we > start working with outside customers; I want to know just by looking > at a tape whose data should be on that tape. My manager is worried > that if we stock on up tapes as we add each customer, we may end up > with too many for one customer and not enough for another, so he wants > to be able to physically relabel the tapes. > > I found one article from HP warning against using inkjets or even > “office quality” laser printers as being insufficiently precise for > the job. They also warn about alignment issues, and I can imagine > issues with labels falling off. However, before I say, “No, we > shouldn’t even try; we should work with our tape vendor if we need to > relabel tapes,” I want to make sure I’m not running contrary to actual > experiences. > > So, have you tried printing your own labels for LTO tapes, and how’d > that work out? > > Thanks, > Nick