Dr. Chris Durden at Texas Memorial Museum has been using Tyvek with
dot matrix printers for years, primarily for dry labels. I do not know if
he hhas used this approach w/ wet labels, but, for abrasive heavy fossil
specimens, it has worked well. Hey, you TMM people, get Chris on the line! sys
 
On Thu, 10 Feb 1994, Susan Jewett wrote:
 
> I don't know of anyone using Tyvek with dot matrix printers but it has
> been used successfully for india ink hand written labels (see Van Guelpen,
> et. al., Curation Newsletter, No. 9, Fall 1987, p. 3) and apparently can
> not be used with laser printers (see Jewett, same newsletter, p.2).
> We, at the USNM Fish Division, are happy with results using Byron Weston
> Resistall paper with dot matrix printers and non-bleeding ethanol resistant
> inked ribbons (see Curation Newsletter, No. 10, Spring 1990, for details.
>
> If you have good results with your proposed combination, please notify me
> or another member of the ASIH Collections Supplies, etc. Committee so we
> can include mention of it in the next Curation Newsletter.  Thanks.....and
> Good Luck!
>
> Susan L. Jewett, Div. of Fishes, NMNH, MRC 159
> Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A.
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