If you print them using a laser printer they will not run when wet. On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Pati Vitt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just one caveat: these labels won't hold up well in any wet applications. > I used them to label plastic bags for emptying bee bowls, and if they got > wet during transfer, the ink on the labels ran. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 22, 2015, at 2:17 PM, Syndonia Bret-Harte <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi Donald, > > We also use Avery address labels, mostly for plant parts and soil samples > that are headed for the drying oven. If your containers are large enough > to use standard address labels, you can print them using Microsoft Excel > and the "mail merge" function in Microsoft Word, as an alternative to > Access. These labels work really well for our use, and since they are > standard in business, they are unlikely to go away in the near future. > > Cheers, > Syndonia > > On 7/22/15 8:33 AM, Mickey Jarvi wrote: > Donald, > > Our lab uses Avery brand Easy Peel Address Labels 18160. There are 30 > labels per sheet. I use Microsoft Excel to prepare my labels which usually > include site name, plot number, replication number, sample type, and date. > However, there is always plenty of room for more lines. I then import my > Excel sheet into Microsoft Access and use the label wizard in that program > to print my labels with Avery template 5160. I know this is not a label > maker per se but is a fairly cheap way of creating labels that stick well > to plastic and glass containers. Hope this helps. > Cheers, > > Mickey Jarvi > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Donald Yee <[email protected]<mailto: > [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 > > > > > -- > ******************************************************* > Dr. M. Syndonia Bret-Harte > Associate Professor of Biology and Wildlife > Associate Science Director, Toolik Field Station > Institute of Arctic Biology > University of Alaska, Fairbanks > PO Box 757000 > Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000 > 907-474-5434 > > http://users.iab.uaf.edu/~syndonia_bret-harte/CV.html and > http://users.iab.uaf.edu/~syndonia_bret-harte/ > email address: <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> >
