One option for a more waterproof label is a thermal label printer. For my personal small business, I use the Dymo 4XL label printer, although they have a whole range of sizes that you can use different self-adhesive labels within the machine. It's easy to install and you can print in various applications on the computer, both mac and windows. Or course, you can still hand write on these labels if you need to. The labels come in various sizes and in rolls. Due to being a thermal label printer, it will not "print" in multiple colors, only black and white. One other thought is if these samples are to be in direct sunlight for long periods of time, the label may fade. But it certainly is an easy alternative to an ink printer, and you can print 1 or 1000 at a time.
Adrian On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 12:38 AM, Donald Yee <[email protected]> wrote: > We typically use white lab tape and a black sharpie to write treatment > information on lab and field containers for experiments but for a number of > reasons this is impractical. Thus, I'm interested in any advice on label > makers that can be used to produce small legible labels that could be > affixed to plastic containers. The funds I have to allocate to this are > about to expire so the sooner the better. I want something that will be > durable and for which tape is available for the foreseeable future. > Thanks. > Don.... > > > Donald A. Yee > Associate Professor > Yee Lab of Aquatic Insect Ecology > Department of Biological Sciences > The University of Southern Mississippi > 118 College Drive # 5018 Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001 >
