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Subject:	Re: Alcohol insoluble printing ink
From:	Joan Jass <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:03:03 -0600
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The best printer to use is daisy wheel or dot-matrix with the cartridge
ribbon equipped with ethanol-resistant ink.

Joan Jass, Milwaukee Public Museum, [log in to unmask]

At 09:53 AM 02/01/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>I have noticed that museums place printed labels inside vials of ethanol
>with preserved specimens. But when I placed a label printed with an ink jet
>printer into ethanol, the ink immediately started to dissolve away. Can our
>curator friends please reveal what secret ink they are using? Maybe a laser
>printer? Thanks.
>
>Aydin
>

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