Yes I'm serious;  these are the recommendations of Smithsonian and other
curators. I recently acquired an Epson printer just for label production.
The advantage of an impact printer is that the impact leaves a
mini-indentation for the ink to be embedded in so that abrasion to the
paper surface does not reach it.

At 10:10 AM 02/01/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Are you serious? I haven't seen one of those daisy wheels in decades & got
>rid off my dot matrix printer years ago!
>
>Aydin
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joan Jass [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Friday, 01 February, 2002 10:03 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Alcohol insoluble printing ink
>>
>>
>> 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]
>>
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