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| PlainName:
Given that Dymo are trying to outdo HP as spawn of the devil currently, and your cheap knock-off label fades without prompting, perhaps you're better dumping it all for a Brother or something >:D |
| themadhippy:
yellow insulating tape and a black sharpie.No power supply/batteries,no manufactures material lock in and unlimited symbols and languages built in. |
| berke:
--- Quote from: PlainName on February 02, 2024, 09:06:16 pm ---Given that Dymo are trying to outdo HP as spawn of the devil currently, and your cheap knock-off label fades without prompting, perhaps you're better dumping it all for a Brother or something >:D --- End quote --- It is tempting. Looks like there is even a good Linux driver for the USB models. Would be most useful if the tape is wide enough to print 4 lines, so that I can have for example a readable label with pinout information on the back of a small board. EDIT: Holy crap HEAT SHRINK TUBING LABELS exist! |
| BrokenYugo:
--- Quote from: berke on February 02, 2024, 07:18:24 pm --- --- Quote from: BrokenYugo on February 02, 2024, 07:05:56 pm ---That's actually one of the first things I did with my new label maker (Brother PTH111). The knockoff ~$2 cartridges work quite well for general purpose use, they stick good and peel off clean even after a trip through the dishwasher. --- End quote --- OP's idea is good if you know your labels won't fade. Last year I labeled the outlets etc. in my house with a Dymo and a knock-off cardtridge, they're now all faded, even those not seeing the sun. I don't know if the heat from the adapter will help with the faading. Maybe the old-style embossed labels would be better. --- Quote ---On the wall warts I label anything center negative on the wart and with a flag on the end of the cable to prevent mixups, label on all the center neg gear too, including the label maker. --- End quote --- What is the evolutionary advantage of a species that produces center negative adapters? --- End quote --- I put a flame to one and it shriveled up, melted and burned before the print did anything funny. All the laminated Brother stuff thermal transfers the text to backside of the clear film, then sticks it to a piece of double sided tape that also forms the background. Smart system aside from how it inevitably wastes some since the print head is like an inch back from the cutter to make room for the two tapes to come together and the toner ribbon return path. Center neg is a Japanese standard, some throwback to germanium era (PNP dominant) stuff if I had to guess. |
| berke:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on February 02, 2024, 09:43:46 pm ---yellow insulating tape and a black sharpie.No power supply/batteries,no manufactures material lock in and unlimited symbols and languages built in. --- End quote --- Relevant username :) Electrical tape gets gooey and shifts around in my experience, collecting dust, and requies cleaning when you peel it off; but then you could user another kind of tape. The Sharpie traces wear off with abrasion and common solvents, but you could add a layer of transparent tape on top. You need to lay the yellow tape on a flat, convenient surface if you want to write properly, it's hard to pack lots of information. If you write something elaborate and make a mistake, you can't fix it. You need scissors, the Sharpie, the yellow tape, the transparent tape and the writing surface. If you use a Sharpie to write something on a circuit board and then solder something, guess what happens when you use IPA to clean the board. |
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