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RE: NANOG poll: favorite cable labeler?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Blake Pfankuch)
Tue Aug 21 22:09:16 2012
From: Blake Pfankuch <blake@pfankuch.me>
To: Mike Lyon <mike.lyon@gmail.com>, Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:08:43 +0000
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Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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I have been using a Brothers PT-2430PC (usb attached) and the TZeS251 1 inc=
h 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 w=
ell 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.lyon@gmail.com]=20
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 fo=
r it if you want. I love it so far.
-mike
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 21, 2012, at 18:29, Seth Mattinen <sethm@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=20
>> labeler. So long as the supplies were fresh it was great.
>>
>> In the storage unit I have a Brady TLS2200. Supplies are expensive,=20
>> but it works reasonably well. Unfortunately the battery is shot=20
>> (gotta replace that).
>>
>> It seems to me that as cheap as the Brother P-Touch type labelers=20
>> have gotten that there might be some product by=20
>> (Brady|Dymo|Brother|etc) that everyone uses and recommends these days=20
>> which is (a) cheap enough that they can be deployed en masse rather=20
>> than treated as a scarce resource, (b) hopefully runs on standard=20
>> (such as AAA) battery types, and (c) has reasonably priced supplies.
>>
>> Labeling cables is mostly what I'm interested in. The el-cheapo=20
>> 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=20
> TZe tape and they still look new after about a year of exposure Disclaime=
r:
> I'm in the high desert.
>
> ~Seth
>
