Posh labels...ideas

how does the glue fare in hot environments? lower helm reaches 45C easily during the summer and with the boat locked!
Will they survive?
Also, how thick is the tape it's printing?

cheers

V.
 
vas said:
how does the glue fare in hot environments? lower helm reaches 45C easily during the summer and with the boat locked!
Will they survive?
Also, how thick is the tape it's printing?

cheers

V.
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Tape is very thin. I haven't tried cooking them, but I think they'd be OK. Having the machine of course enables you to make replacements if they do deteriorate. Mine never have, but it's only been three years since I made them.
 
alahol2 said:
As PRV says, there's no way to avoid the initial blank tape. If you are printing several labels you can 'chain print' (I think that's what they call it) so the gap is set by the margins, set the margins to 'small' and you save a lot of tape. Obviously you then have to use scissors to separate the labels rather than the in-built cutter.
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On my Brother one if you wait until the right hand end of the text is just visible and press on the cut off lever it will stop the tape and give you and error message, then you just press the cut lever fully to cut the tape off and save all the wastage on the right hand side of every label.
 
Amulet said:
Tape is very thin. I haven't tried cooking them, but I think they'd be OK. Having the machine of course enables you to make replacements if they do deteriorate. Mine never have, but it's only been three years since I made them.
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I labelled the reefing and halyard clutches with TZ tape labels five or six years ago, and have just replaced them. Most of the labels were still firmly stuck down (very firmly in some cases) but the rubbing of lines and arms (people tend to lean across them while standing in the hatchway) had caught some of the sharp 90º corners and started to lift them. Had I trimmed them off to be slightly rounded in this high-wear area they'd probably still be fine.

This time round I made sure I chose the narrower tape, which will fit into the recess provided on top of the clutch so that the edges and corners aren't proud. Hopefully these ones will last longer.

Regarding the thickness of the tape - it's quite thin, but it's plastic and therefore a little bit stiff or springy. It's not floppy like PVC or fabric tape.

Pete
 
MikePalmer said:
Yes! Do join the Brotherhood.
Great variety of tapes in cassettes . 12mm can accommodate 2 lines of text. Black lettering on clear tape looks good on ally spars etc. But do be warned - it's addictive. Once you've got the machine out, revised the instructions and run off your label you will be casting around for other things that need one. And you will find them - many, many things that could do with labels. ON's OFF's, 50:1, ZOOM, FOCUS, DO NOT REMOVE FROM BOAT, SWITCH OFF/ON BEFORE LEAVING THE BOAT, THIS WAY UP, OTHER WAY UP (which way up should you stick an OTHER WAY UP label? Should the house style be green for ON red for OFF or the other way round?) IF YOU CAN READ THIS YOU ARE STANDING ON THE SOLAR PANEL.......
When you find yourself previewing the layout of "Brother Labelling Machine" - Stop , put the machine away and phone your Labellers Anonymous buddy
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excellent post, I have the same machine and the same disease...
 
We were joined on our new boat in 2000 by a chap who ran a company making labels. He wasn't impressed when I put up some labels in the cabin done with Dymo.
 
alahol2 said:
If they were the old style embossed Dymo labels then I would agree with him. The current printed and laminated labels from Brother et al are (or can be) very neat.
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Surely it's about time for the old Dymo labels to have a fashion come-back as "retro".
 
Matata said:
Just spent a great two days rewiring my instrument panel. I must say I,m rather pleased with it!. Just to finish it off I just need some posh labels "GPS" "Navtex" "12v Sockets" etc. Probably about 2cm by 6mm. Any suggestions? Ta Nik
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we just rebuilt our instrumet panel. SWMBO bought a Dynmo label machine and some fancy tape....we now have posh lables that actualy say what the switches do. She is now busy labeling everything.....
 
+1 for the Brother labellers; I have the (discontinued?) PT1230PC which connects to a PC running Brother's rather excellent label making software which allows you to use any font - or graphic - that your computer can display. It also lets you link dynamic fields on your labels to a database (or a CSV file) which is more useful than it sounds. Perhaps not as portable as a stand-alone printer, but I've never been a fan of their tiny displays and (often) non QWERTY keypads. An example of labels I've made with this printer:

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Lomax said:
+1 for the Brother labellers; I have the (discontinued?) PT1230PC which connects to a PC running Brother's rather excellent label making software which allows you to use any font - or graphic - that your computer can display. It also lets you link dynamic fields on your labels to a database (or a CSV file) which is more useful than it sounds. Perhaps not as portable as a stand-alone printer, but I've never been a fan of their tiny displays and (often) non QWERTY keypads. An example of labels I've made with this printer:

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Attention all those who are of the Brotherhood. I think we need to stage an intervention !
Brother Lomax - know that we are here for you.
 
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