NANOG poll: favorite cable labeler?
Blake Pfankuch
blake at pfankuch.me
Wed Aug 22 02:08:43 UTC 2012
I have been using a Brothers PT-2430PC (usb attached) and the TZeS251 1 inch 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 well 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 at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:47 PM
To: Seth Mattinen
Cc: nanog at 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 for it if you want. I love it so far.
-mike
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On Aug 21, 2012, at 18:29, Seth Mattinen <sethm at 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
>> 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?
>>
>
>
> P-Touch with TZe tapes for me. I have stuff on the roof labeled with
> TZe tape and they still look new after about a year of exposure Disclaimer:
> I'm in the high desert.
>
> ~Seth
>
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