Suggestions on a Label Maker?

Fri Nov 17 11:00:50 PST 2006

Neil Katin wrote:
>
> The PT-1400 is a very nice printer.  You may want to
> consider the PT-1650, which is very similar but can
> also connect to a computer (instead of being standalone
> only).
>
> Its $160 list instead of $100.
>
>     Neil
>
> David Smith wrote:
>> Brother PTouch 1400 works great.  We set it to auto-scale font, with a
>> rotate repeat. It produces a label like:
>>
>> +---------+
>> | HBA1    |
>> | HBA1    |
>> | HBA1    |
>> | HBA1    |
>> |         |
>> |         |
>> +---------+
>>
>> Which you can wrap around the cable.
>>
>>
>> Make sure you by flexible tape; otherwise it comes off after a few days
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/ux5kh
>>
>> We keep them in all our colo spaces.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-baylisa at baylisa.org [mailto:owner-baylisa at baylisa.org] On
>> Behalf Of Mark Stenstadvold
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:11 PM
>> To: baylisa at baylisa.org
>> Subject: Suggestions on a Label Maker?
>>
>> I've been tasked to find a handheld label maker and a desktop label 
>> maker, both with the capabilities of printing labels for cables.  I'm 
>> currently looking at the Dymo and K-Sun lines.
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience with these lines and can comment on 
>> them?  Do you have any suggestions for any other label maker?  What sort
>>
>> of labels do you use for labeling cables?
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>> --Mark.
>>
>>
Shopping around it looks like you can find the PT-1650 for around $115.