On Aug 21, 2012, at 18:10 , "Robert E. Seastrom" <r...@seastrom.com> 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? > > -r > > > I'm still a big fan of the brady. The wrap-around self-laminating cable labels are really hard to beat. I don't even use the battery in mine... I just keep it plugged in to power. A $15 universal power supply from your local Fry's will do the trick. I don't know about the LS/TLS2200, mine is an IDEXPERT. Owen
