Labels in alcohol - reply

[Robin Leech]

Hi,

You can use either xerox-printed or laser-printed labels in 70% EtOH
indefinitely.  Do not use the 20 lb paper - use 40 lb or heavier.  I have
been using a Hewlett-Packard III for 8 years, and was using xerox before
that.  All labels still perfect.

I suggest the heavier paper cuz if you use the lighter paper, the paper
will, in time and with several in-and-out-of-the-vial runs, break down.
The label will still be OK, but the paper on which it is written will
fall apart.

As a point of interest, labels I wrote by a Smith-Corona typewriter back
in the mid- to late 60s, and which were photocopied by a xerox machine (I
think it was a 900), are still OK.

Robin Leech

On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Claude Godin wrote:

> Does anyone know how long a lazer-printed label can still be readable in 70% eth
> anol? Are special precautions needed?
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> A similar question was asked some months ago on Entomo-l or Taxacom, but I don't
>  remember the conclusions of the discussion.
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> Thanks
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> Entomologist, M.Sc.
> Horticultural Research and Development Centre,
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> tel: 514-346-4494, fax: 346-7740
> godinc at em.agr.ca
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