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"Patricia W. Strong" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 22 Oct 1995 23:55:21 +0400
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We used to silk screen our exhibit labels on plexiglass in reverse, then,
back paint them and mount the whole thing with brass pins or foam tape.  It
looked great but what a process!

Pat Strong
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PS  To those of you who are interested in the paint bib, its going to be a
few days because I can't find the disk!  I'll work on it!



>We Tried somethin like that once and our director didn't like it because
>they were too shiney and hard to read.  Are the Avery labels on mylar or
>available on something that is non-reflective?
>
>On Mon, 16 Oct 1995, AURORE GIGUET wrote:
>
>> We have recently started using Avery clear laser labels #5663 and they
>> work wonderfully. Because they are clear they do not draw attention away
>> form the presented object, they also peel away from the wall without
>> leaving a film or residue. They come in a variety of sizes to accomodate
>> any amount of text. Before we were using card stock paper which had to
>> be cut to size and them affixed with 3M double sided tape, using the
>> labels is faster and easier you just feed them through your laser
>> printer, peel of the backing and fix them to the wall.
>>
>>
>> Aurore Giguet
>> UNLV Barrick Museum
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>>

Pat Strong
Pre-program conservation studies
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