At 04:08 PM 2/16/2012, 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.
is there a trick? is there a (not expensive) different labeling machine
or technique i should use?
If you can't find the split back I've used a black uniball pen. Stick
tape between pen and metal clip. Rotate pen about 90 degrees so
there's a bend in the tape. But thumb against the metal, holding the
tape in place. Pull pen along the length of the tape. (think about
the old trick with scissors and making wrapping ribbon for presents
turn into a curlycue.
That tends to create enough of a tension between the front of the
tape and the back and it'll be peeled apart.
randy
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