On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 01:08:46PM -0800, Randy Bush wrote:
ok, this is horribly pragmatic, but it's real. yesterday i was in the westin playing rack and stack for five hours. an horrifyingly large amount of my time was spent trying to peel apart labels made on my portable brother label tape maker, yes peeling the backing from a little label so remote hands could easily confirm a server they were going to attack.
Randy, Personally, I got tired of buying batteries, and expensive label tapes, and tend to stick with Avery labels from the office supply store (or Brady labels for cabling), and preprinting. Either can be run through a typewriter, and the Avery labels tend to run through a standard office printer just fine. Then I just have to peel a standard label off of wax paper, which is much easier than dealing with plastic tape that appears to be fused to its backing at the factory. The split back variety is a little better, but even then it can be hard to get your fingernails under the other side. We haven't really improved much on labeling technology in decades. --msa