
Hi, Is anybody using a dymo printer for printing a spine label with a pocket label. Trying to figure out if there is label stock available. We have using a dot matrix printer and looking to switch to a newer printer before it gives up the ghost and have enjoyed the ability to printer a few labels at a time. Expect we will have to go to full sheet laser printing and just get used to waiting for bigger batches or re-feeding partial sheets. Have seen others using the Dymo printers but just for spine labels or just for pocket labels but not for both together. thanks, lise -- Lise Mitchell, Director Grand Ledge Area District Library 131 E. Jefferson Street Grand Ledge, MI 48837 gladldirector@gmail.com 517-622-3550 direct 517-627-7014 Library 517-627-6276 fax

Please don’t refeed partial sheets into a laser printer. The adhesive will ooze out from the heat, into the open areas, and ruin the transfer drum or roller. I once had a colleague who thought saving nickels was a good thing to do. In one day he ruined two $170 toner cartridges. The issue with Dymo printers is they are thermal printers so the labels darken with exposure to fluorescent lighting, sunlight, or time. What you want are thermal transfer printers, using resin ribbons and polyester label stock. If any library using Sierra has a full working solution to the spine label issue using Zebra printers, I too, would like to hear from them. Don Bosman Information Technologist MSU Libraries 366 W. Circle Drive - Rm.W441 East Lansing, MI 48824-1048 517-884-0873 From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Lise Mitchell Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2017 8:46 AM To: michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> Subject: [Michlib-l] label printing Hi, Is anybody using a dymo printer for printing a spine label with a pocket label. Trying to figure out if there is label stock available. We have using a dot matrix printer and looking to switch to a newer printer before it gives up the ghost and have enjoyed the ability to printer a few labels at a time. Expect we will have to go to full sheet laser printing and just get used to waiting for bigger batches or re-feeding partial sheets. Have seen others using the Dymo printers but just for spine labels or just for pocket labels but not for both together. thanks, lise -- Lise Mitchell, Director Grand Ledge Area District Library 131 E. Jefferson Street Grand Ledge, MI 48837 gladldirector@gmail.com<mailto:gladldirector@gmail.com> 517-622-3550 direct 517-627-7014 Library 517-627-6276 fax

You may want to investigate a spine label printer with “bartender” software from BayScan Technologies. They have some really nice label printers that are customizable with the software. It also prevents having do “big batches” or having to refeed sheets of laser labels into the printer. The printers can do one spine label and pocket label at a time. I recently investigated them, but we were unable to spend the money at the current time to invest in the new printer and software. Nannette Pretzer Director St. Charles District Library 104 W. Spruce Street St. Charles, MI 48655 www.stcharlesdistrictlibrary.org 989-865-9371 n.pretzer@stcharlesdistrictlibrary.org From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Lise Mitchell Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2017 8:46 AM To: michlib-l Subject: [Michlib-l] label printing Hi, Is anybody using a dymo printer for printing a spine label with a pocket label. Trying to figure out if there is label stock available. We have using a dot matrix printer and looking to switch to a newer printer before it gives up the ghost and have enjoyed the ability to printer a few labels at a time. Expect we will have to go to full sheet laser printing and just get used to waiting for bigger batches or re-feeding partial sheets. Have seen others using the Dymo printers but just for spine labels or just for pocket labels but not for both together. thanks, lise -- Lise Mitchell, Director Grand Ledge Area District Library 131 E. Jefferson Street Grand Ledge, MI 48837 gladldirector@gmail.com 517-622-3550 direct 517-627-7014 Library 517-627-6276 fax
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Bosman, Don
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Lise Mitchell
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Nannette Pretzer