On Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 05:50:54AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: >I've 20-30 flash drives dedicated t specific projects. ... > I think paper gummed labels will match how I do things better.
I have sheets of 5x22 adhesive plastic labels that I use for USB flat-side drives. I usually write on them with a Sharpie. For ID tags that I use to identify many of my posessions, I wrote a postcript file (a 2 index loop with a customizable text field) that writes 100 copies of the ID info on the 100 "center" tags on the sheet; the printer won't print to the top and bottom half inch of the label sheet. I run the laser printer "slow" (thick card stock setting) to bond the toner better, then spray clear acrylic on top to help bond it (that dissolves and fogs the letters a wee bit). A truly obsessed geek would rewrite the postscript file (it is just ascii text, after all), increment a loop index, and write sequential numbers on the labels. My brain is no longer big enough to do that with stack-oriented postscript. My most recently purchased flash drives have swing-around metal covers rather than caps or sliders. For those, I write with Sharpie on 2x4 adhesive address labels and fold a large tag around the end of the cover. Makes them easier to find, and I can add more information. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
