Spine Binder LABELS ??

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

How about the Brother P-touch, or Dymo tape labels. Not much else out there. You can get custom printed combs, but I don't think that?s what your after.

Cheers

Yeah it is called Excel. The best label, and sign print app I have ever used, except for QuarkXpress, but that is $950 a seat.

Excel allows pixel level print adjustments, so take whatever label stock, card stock etc. and make the size you want, and print.

Easy, greasy, Americaneezee.

Yes, and many other office/creative apps work as well. Just go to an office supply store and look for stick-on labels that you can put through the inkjet printer, and are advertised to work with templates that your software supports. For example, I have a package of labels here it says, "Use Avery Template 5444(tm) avery.com/template". You can go to that website and see if anything fits your binders. If not, maybe you'll have to cut them to fit, or use more than one label per book.

Long ago, I used Microsoft Publisher for this. Nowadays I'm too lazy, so I use a pen. ;-)

Jay Ts

I'm not sure that pure stick-ons will hold up that well. (The "spine" is a plastic comb.)

I was looking for a stick-on plastic sleeve type.

Maybe I'll just use a "paint pen" :-) ...Jim Thompson

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I got a little USB Brother P-touch labeler for something like $18 with free shipping. It shows up as a mass memory device that contains a simple application that you can paste your data to. There's also a free app online from Brother that allows more complex stuff like bar codes. It uses the same ($$) tapes as the handheld labelers, which I also have, but allows you to use whatever TT font you want (even Comic Sans or Papyrus, if you can stomach it).

Different widths are available, down to a 3.5mm (9/64) which is narrow enough to label 300 mil DIPs or CD cases.

Big selection of tapes:

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Oh ... . come to think of it, I've had the so-called "removable labels" fall off of things after some years. The adhesive dries out. But I think that's just with the removable variety.

You can also get stick-on ink-jet printable vinyl at some office supply stores. I'm not sure about the brands sold there, but some people use the stuff to make bumper stickers, and they claim it holds up well for that! I noticed a store brand at the Staples here (Sedona, AZ), but I haven't tried it yet.

I was looking around online and found this company:

They make the inkjet vinyl sticker material, and also transparent protective sheets to go over the printed surface for increased water resistance and durability.

I found this while looking into simple and inexpensive ways to make "quick and easy" front panels for design prototypes.

Jay Ts

Thanks, Spehro, Here's what I have...

I can't tell from Brother's web site what tape type would be best. What does "laminated" tape mean? ...Jim Thompson

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Find a suitable 'sleeve' and place the label of choice in it yourself.

Good reason to stay with the old style ring binders. They can get pretty classy too.

Adhesives are a lot more advanced now. They don't even use that old stuff any more... except maybe in China.

The print goes under a cover film.

Print the label, apply it, then place the cover over it, and it makes a QC wipe test pass system. Likely overkill for your purpose.

Other use of the term in the industry refers to vendor created label where they put your design under their hot bonded laminate matte of glossy protective cover layer.

Non-laminated only seems to apply to the narrowest tape (3.5mm).

I think I would go with 3/8" wide for binder spines. I have 1/4 which seems way too narrow to be easily read, and 1/2" which is a bit too wide for the narrowest Cerlox spines. but might be okay. White-on-black TZ325 would be my suggestion, unless most of your spines are wider, then maybe the 1/2" TZ334 (gold on black) or TZ335 (white on black) . buy.com has good prices, or you can get them from Staples etc.

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So Jim, what kind of sauce do you like on your Ibises? Duck sauce? :)

Seriously, I'd recommend P-Touch Labels. They stick well, last long, and form easily to fit bendable, curved surfaces. Easy to read, and come in lots of colors & styles.

Well, 15 years ago, I came up with the bright idea of making P-Touch cable lables for a project we were working on. To my chagrin, however, it was a rotten idea. The lables want to lie flat, and didn't self-adhere very well. After about three days, they all came off the cables... :-(

Charlie

Place the desired label on the cable, and wrap over it with about three layers of shipping tape, or place it under clear, 'Kynar' shrink tubing so it will never abrade or wipe off. Usually one label on each end of the cable.

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:32:18 -0700 (PDT), mpm wrote: [snip]

I'd like to cook that IBIS IEEE committee. Sheeesh what a bunch of crap!

It's pretty easy, with Spice of almost any flavor, to generate V-I and t-V behavioral curves. But then you have headache after headache getting the syntax right :-(

I'm debating. Paint Pens are cheap. ...Jim Thompson

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I've used this technique on cables as well. They are still readable 20 years on even though the clear shrink has yellowed.

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Yup. And far better high temp tolerance than the stuff brady sells.

I've used P-Touch labels on large cables, but I cover them with clear heat-shrink tubing to hold them on.

I agree that they are suitable for Jim's application. I've even used them outdoors, and they still stick, and haven't faded, after a year.

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I think the problem with using P-Touch lables on cables (without a clear overwrap of tape or heatshrink tubing) is that the labels only flex well along their long axis. Cables tend to twist every which way, so unless protected, I would guess they would fall off with a few days use.

But that wouldn't be the case on Jim's cookbook, since any flexure would be along the long axis, and not much flexing at that. Those Ibico bindings are actually rather stiff at that size. (inch or better, from the look of it).