[ECOLOG-L] Best practices label + ink for slides

2014-10-04 Thread Jorge A. Santiago-Blay
Hello: Undergraduates working with me and I are about to begin generating several thousand permanent glass microscope slides containing micro-invertebrates. I would like to know what have you found is the best combination of label (ideally never to be removed from the slide) and print material to

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Best practices label + ink for slides

2014-10-04 Thread Malcolm McCallum
THere are multiple choices. 1. India ink hand written on a stick on label. 2. identification written using a scratchall on the glass slide 3. computer-generated printed labels stick on. You also have the option of placing labels under a coverslip, but you must use ink/lead that wil not be