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Have you ever had to find the right power adapter or charger? Grab the label maker and name them! I was wondering why my Trend Air Shield would not take a charge, and after the stories about their battery problems (which I have never experienced), I was worried. Cleaning up the shop I came upon my label maker and decided to organize a bit. Wouldn't you know it would not turn on! Guess what, I had the adapters switched. They look EXACTLY the same. Won't happen again!

Great idea, a friend did that years ago.
BUT Label makers tape is way $$$$. He owned his own business and could write it off.

ERLover wrote:Great idea, a friend did that years ago.
BUT Label makers tape is way $$$$. He owned his own business and could write it off.

So do I!!! But you are right, very expensive. Have you ever noticed that there is no way (at least none I can find) to reduce the amount of tape wasted to the left and right margins? Probably waste 1/4 of each cartridge.

Label makes are cheap(under $30 gets you a pretty good one). The tape is not, 3 cartridges was about $40 the last time I got them.

I was just under my computer table this morning and wishing I had some of the labels that go on cords and cables. The phantom power supplies I have labeled but which of the power cords goes to what that is another story.

Have to dig out the paper work and see what tape I need to do that job.

Counted 11 cords and 5 wall warts. So that is a lot of unlabeled cords. Winter project or perhaps a late fall cold wet rainy day event. Today I just did a very basic rearrangement by powering everything down and then moving stuff around. Next time I want to label things.

Ed

. Low Budget Version

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Low Budget Version

Smart, intuitive, but a CMF

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Low Budget Version

Lead in the marker? So you can use your x-ray vision to read the label when it is plugged in.

Ed

reible wrote:Label makes are cheap(under $30 gets you a pretty good one). The tape is not, 3 cartridges was about $40 the last time I got them.

I was just under my computer table this morning and wishing I had some of the labels that go on cords and cables. The phantom power supplies I have labeled but which of the power cords goes to what that is another story.

Have to dig out the paper work and see what tape I need to do that job.

Counted 11 cords and 5 wall warts. So that is a lot of unlabeled cords. Winter project or perhaps a late fall cold wet rainy day event. Today I just did a very basic rearrangement by powering everything down and then moving stuff around. Next time I want to label things.

Ed

Well Wednesday here in the Milwaukee, WI area, is suppose to be an ugly fall day, 47* and hard rain. I love wireless!! Still need to plug it in but no connecting cables.

reible wrote:

JPG wrote:.label maker.jpg

Low Budget Version

Lead in the marker? So you can use your x-ray vision to read the label when it is plugged in.

Ed

Ya except if the anti Supper Man metal is in the way!!! Kriptinite!!

Label all six surfaces if you desire!!!

CMF?????