Good Cat-5 Labeller?

SeñorAmor

Can anyone suggest a good, cheap label maker for cat-5 cable? Cost of both the printer and cartridge are of equal importance. I'd gladly pay more for the printer if the replacement cartridges will save me a significant amount of money in the long run.

Thanks.

bowen

Depending on your printer, you can find sheets usually that range for about 5000 sheets for $100.

There's also a large swath of thermal printers designed for this, do you have a price range?

SeñorAmor

Buddy of mine suggested the laser printer sheets too and directed me to a website where he gets his. He says he's able to print one or two at a time and then come back and print on the same sheet later by adjusting where on the sheet the labels print.

I've heard bad things about doing that. Something like it can jam the printer and/or cause the labels to not print properly.

I'm not against going this route (it's certainly cheaper), but I don't want to waste an entire sheet for 1 label.

ArcSyn

If you prefer something a bit more portable, any of the Brother brand of label makers (iirc) have a "wire" feature that prints the text sideways across the label multiple times (and you can specify the size of the cable) so you can wrap it around the cable and still see what it is labeled from multiple sides.

FaceballMcDougal

This may sound silly but I prefer to write with a fine point sharpie on our cables unless they are going to be part of some visible cabling masterpiece on a patch panel somewhere.

Akilae729

ArcSyn wrote: »

If you prefer something a bit more portable, any of the Brother brand of label makers (iirc) have a "wire" feature that prints the text sideways across the label multiple times (and you can specify the size of the cable) so you can wrap it around the cable and still see what it is labeled from multiple sides.

I also recommend a Brother label maker. I use them to label all the connections in my research lab.

I haven't heard of the wire feature though and definitely need to check that out.