There is a solution for all this printing problem. If you are looking for a
xylene resistent you must have the tight combination of printing foil and
label.
The manufacter of the label and printer are not the most important part.
We bought a printer from Zebra (http://www.zebra.com) 105SE with a 12 dot
print head, the labels we use are "silver-labels".
Now, the most important part, the foil. The we like the most is from Sony, a
brand new xylene we are testing. After the label is wet with xylenen you cn
touch in and nothing will happen to your barcode.

The software we use is as ease as the name: "easylabel". it comes in 3
types. The first with less option the last has even database linking.

for comercial details see: http://www.geostick.nl


J. van Marsdijk                    http://www.pathweb.nl
Regionaal Patholoisch & Cytologisch laboratorium
voor Eemland en Noord/West Veluwe
3818 ES  Amersfoort
Netherlands
tel +31 653442176

Tim Morken wrote:

> The Seymour labeler from DAKO will meet your needs. they are impervious
> to everything. Well, maybe a blowtorch would take them off!
>
> We use the Seymour and the labels are excellent. The software is a bit
> cumbersome as you cannot interface it with an existing database. If
> attached to a DAKO auto-immunostainer you can print your labels from the
> info you put in for your immuno runs.
>
> Tim Morken, B.A., EMT(MSA), HTL(ASCP)
>
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> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: ThisisAnn@aol.com
> To: HistoNet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: Labels
> Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 12:39:00 -0500 (EST)
>
> Does anyone know of a company that makes labels that will not
> dissolve/disintegrate when passsed through alcohol, xylene, hematoxylin,
> cytostain, etc. (to be used as an accession label for pap smears and
> histology
> specimens)?
>
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