[sclug] Label printers - archival properties

[Will Dickson]

Peter Brewer wrote:

> My main concern is that all these sort of label printers appear to be 
> thermal printers.  The labels we'll be printing are for  keeping track 
> of samples in storage and so they need to be pretty stable and last for 
> many years.  From what I've read thermal prints can fade worryingly 
> quickly.

Depending on whether you're dealing with smaller or larger values of 
"many" you might need to worry about the paper as well - AIUI 
non-acid-free paper doesn't last that brilliantly either.

Will.