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RE: time sink 42
From: "Erik Soosalu" <erik.soosalu () calyxinc com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:20:06 -0500
The other trick is to pre-print your labels. We use a Brother PT-9500PC to print our labels. It is a dedicated PC printer, but it always half-cuts a little tab at the end of the label so you bend the label at the cut and it is simple to pull off. Thanks, Erik -----Original Message----- From: Leo Bicknell [mailto:bicknell () ufp org] Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 4:16 PM To: North American Network Operators' Group Subject: Re: time sink 42 In a message written on Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 01:08:46PM -0800, Randy Bush wrote:
ok, this is horribly pragmatic, but it's real. yesterday i was in the westin playing rack and stack for five hours. an horrifyingly large amount of my time was spent trying to peel apart labels made on my portable brother label tape maker, yes peeling the backing from a
little
label so remote hands could easily confirm a server they were going to attack.
The Brother I have that takes "M" tape has the problem you describe, it's nearly impossible to get the backing to separate from the label. I have another Brother that takes "TZ" tape, the backing of the tape of slit down the middle lengthwise. Gently curling the tape by squeezing it causes the middle to pop open, easy to grab. You can guess which one sits on the shelf, and which one gets used a lot. The TZ tape unit I use is a P-Touch 1100QL, I don't think it's made anymore but there are several similar curent models. -- Leo Bicknell - bicknell () ufp org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/
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- Re: time sink 42 Mike Lyon (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Christopher Morrow (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Ricky Beam (Feb 16)
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- Re: time sink 42 Justin M. Streiner (Feb 16)
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- Re: time sink 42 Sven Olaf Kamphuis (Feb 16)
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- Re: time sink 42 Michael Sinatra (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Mike Lyon (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Sven Olaf Kamphuis (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Seth Mattinen (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Måns Nilsson (Feb 16)
- Re: time sink 42 Doug Barton (Feb 16)
- RE: time sink 42 Dixon, Justin (Feb 16)