I have been using a Brothers PT-2430PC (usb attached) and the TZeS251 1 inch wide tapes. Printed with 7 rows horizontal text and vertical tape, I can wrap around a cable on each end for nice organization and it sticks very well to itself. With the cutline creation, I can print off about 60 labels at a time this way and give a minon something to do for an hour :)
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Lyon [mailto:mike.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:47 PM To: Seth Mattinen Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: NANOG poll: favorite cable labeler? I bought the Brady BMP21 handheld labeler from Frys about a month ago. It takes 6x AA batteries i believe. You can buy the power cable and case for it if you want. I love it so far. -mike Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2012, at 18:29, Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us> wrote: > On 8/21/12 6:10 PM, Robert E. Seastrom wrote: >> Hey everyone, >> >> Many moons ago I worked in a place where we had a Brady LS2000 wire >> labeler. So long as the supplies were fresh it was great. >> >> In the storage unit I have a Brady TLS2200. Supplies are expensive, >> but it works reasonably well. Unfortunately the battery is shot >> (gotta replace that). >> >> It seems to me that as cheap as the Brother P-Touch type labelers >> have gotten that there might be some product by >> (Brady|Dymo|Brother|etc) that everyone uses and recommends these days >> which is (a) cheap enough that they can be deployed en masse rather >> than treated as a scarce resource, (b) hopefully runs on standard >> (such as AAA) battery types, and (c) has reasonably priced supplies. >> >> Labeling cables is mostly what I'm interested in. The el-cheapo >> p-touch seems adequate to putting hostnames on machines. >> >> Thoughts? >> > > > P-Touch with TZe tapes for me. I have stuff on the roof labeled with > TZe tape and they still look new after about a year of exposure Disclaimer: > I'm in the high desert. > > ~Seth >
