Seeking Interest in Group Purchase, Avery Magtape Labels

From: Douglas H. Quebbeman <dquebbeman_at_acm.org>
Date: Wed May 1 15:12:20 2002

> > Tape Reel High Speed Computer Labels
> > 3-7/8" x 1-13/16", White, Dot Matrix,
> > Removable, 5000 labels per box
> > 04052 5000 Labels per Box $139.15
> >
> > If there are just ten people on the list who'd have use
> > for 500 labels, it's close to fifteen bucks per person.
> >
> > OTOH, is anyone sitting on a stash of them? I found a
> > sheet with precisely three labels, and I've quite a
> > few more tapes than that...
>
> Check to see if the adhesive still sticks to anything. My long-term
> experience with tape-reel labels is that the "permanent' adhesive
> lets go after 10 years or so, leaving me with a rack of unlabeled
> tapes and a bunch of labels on the floor.

Dunno what kind of labels my old ones are, but labels
applied in the 1978 through 1983 period remain firmly
fastened to the reels.

I took one of the three unused label, peeled it from
the backing paper, and applied it to a new reel of tape.

It stuck, but threatened to not do so very well. Some
hand pressure seems to have done the trick. It looks
ok now... write me back in 10 years for an update.

;)
Received on Wed May 01 2002 - 15:12:20 BST