SUMMARY: Where to buy bar code labels

From: Stan Horwitz <stan_at_thunder.ocis.temple.edu>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 12:45:41 -0500 (EST)

In response to my question, several people referred me to different
vendors who sell them. The most interesting response I received was from
Paul Kitwin who suggested the following:

On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Paul Kitwin wrote:
> DON'T BUY THEM!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> We have a TL894 (4 TZ89s w/ the robot arm thing). I priced the labels,
> and they where expensive. As I recall they were about a buck a label.
> You have to buy them from ATL directly.
>
> Anyway, I use a type 39 Barcode font, set an MS Excel spreadsheet to
> 57.75 points across and 25 points high. Set the font size to 36 run it
> through an HP Laser Jet and boom. For about 2 cents per label, I have
> my own, custom labels. Since our library runs the backups for 5
> machines, I have a different color label for each machine. Makes thing
> easy to read.
Received on Wed Apr 01 1998 - 19:46:58 NZST

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