Instrument labels

greenalien said:
Not true of the cheaper machines, they just print directly on the tape.
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I'm talking about anything that uses TZ tape; I guess there may be a cheaper alternative without the top cover, but I've never come across it. TZ seems to be the most common.

greenalien said:
That's just a matter of taste - provided they're done evenly, they look great on a switch panel.
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Yuck, no, sorry :)

Here's the electrical panel I made for Kindred Spirit:


Can't imagine sticking old-school Dymo labels all over that.

The two unlabelled switches are designed to take white-on-black tape labels when new equipment is wired up to them in the future, which hopefully won't look too bad compared to the rest of the text.

Pete
 
Print the labels on one sheet of A4 label paper with reverse colour text then cover with clear matt finish fablon.
All text then is lined up perfectly.
Use a table with borders turned off to get the right spacing between lines.
 
I bought a Dymo printer. Waste of money as the labels fade over time.

In the operating theatres they use a Brother printer since the labels survive the autoclave

I bought a Brother P-touch 1005. It takes TZ laminated tape. I have labels that have been on the deck for 5 years in the Med without fading or coming unstuck.

I would recommend any printer that takes TZ tape

TudorSailor
 
I cut all my labels is sign vinyl, but its easy for me as I do it as part of the day job. Trouble I found with some of the label makers is that the ink is water resistant but rubs off easily with some cleaning products.
 
We have a Brother P-Touch 8900PCN in our office that uses the TZ tapes, it's wonderful.

Most of our labels are black on white, and 36mm but we needed some 12mm white on black for one job, it looks good on fuse panels.

The hand held ones we have didn't have the white on black tape so I didn't test those.
 
I've got an Epson LW400. The price varies a lot depending on where you buy but the results are good. I've bought various label stock. Especially effective is the transparent background as you keep the panel colour.

They do have a transparent with white lettering in 12mm.

Instructions talk about formatting for cable labels but haven't tried it.

As with all labels it helps to round the corners to reduce the peelability.
 
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