On 15 Aug 2005 at 10:12, Alan Brown wrote:

> On Sun, 14 Aug 2005, Dan Langille wrote:
> 
> > If you have any spare unused DLT labels, I could use them.
> >
> > I'm looking for the labels that slide into the slot on a DLT tape.
> 
> Dan:
> 
> We gave up on these things a long time ago as too finicky, prone to 
> damage and usually don't give us the barcode titles needed.

I have a simple drive.  No barcode function.

> Printing to light card label sheets has its own issues.
> 
> Our solution:
> 
> Brother P-touch label printers are capable of producing barcodes and their 
> 18mm laminated tape cartridges fit the label slot perfectly at a cost of 
> under 5c/label.
> 
> Experiments have shown that barcode readers have no trouble with most tape 
> colours and the only problem (1 in 1000+ prints) has been a glitch in the 
> tape laminate resulting in one unreadable barcode.
> 
> There are several other brands of labelmakers which will do the job...

That sounds good. This is something good to have in the archives.
-- 
Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/
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