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How do you label your gear?

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Jim2

Guest
I tried buying the Brother label printer but the label size and label material / paper isn't really ideal.

What do you use and works for you when labelling your gear?
 

PeterL

Member
You mean like putting your name on it? Or something like that? Personally I've not had much of a need for this. I've labeled (numbered) my batteries with a simple sticky office paper label (3M), not fancy at all I'm afraid.

Cheers, -Peter
 

GrahamWelland

Subscriber & Workshop Member
I use a Brother 2430 PC label printer with transparent/white tape for labeling my batteries but not much else. I dare say that you could design some smaller labels for things like lenses etc too although I tend not to bother since the only thing I normally care about is which battery is which.

The Brother printer is useful in that it comes with some label design software and allows you to print series of labels with things like incrementing numeric fields etc. I just hate that it's not a Mac app!

Here's a (fuzzy phone shot) example:
 

Joe

New member
Depending on the surface - [1]"Industrial" Sharpie - they have red labeling and are more resistant to alcohol and physical abrasion. [2] Paint markers - usually available at art supply stores. [3] Silver/gray sharpies - good on black nylon bags, but rubs off black plastic or metal in a few weeks. [4] Fluorescent fingernail polish - Walmart.
Be sure and photograph all equipment serial numbers and match with purchase receipts - send to Dropbox for relatively easy availability when filing police reports out of state.
 

lance_schad

Workshop Member
We use little little sticker tags like these for inventory control of our rental and demo camera, lenes , digital backs, etc....

The sticker tag is very durable, hard to remove and the printing does not rub off . Ours contain our company information and also a unique bar code.

Here are some example pre-printed stickers that are available from http://www.myassettag.com .

This may be a good route for you .

Lance
 
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