Putting stickers on computer for identification - Page 2

idi banashapan · 22-01-2009, 23:14

back to the point though, the OP was asking for opinions on how to STICK tags to a machine. out of interest, do you work as support in a large domain environment? if you do, I would have expected you to foresee the issues that an invisible marking would cause. my personal opinion, and perhaps advice to the OP is to use a fully visible mark for speed and ease of identifying units. there's nothing worse than trying to remote to a server or machine when you don't know it's ID...

22-01-2009, 23:36

gonna go pm

I agree with Jon use them stickers that last ( on topic

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Jon T · 22-01-2009, 23:50

I can't remember the manufacturer of the printer we use, i'll find out tomorrow morning.

bob_a_builder · 23-01-2009, 00:13

Try one of these

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but I bet the tape refills will cost more than the printer, maybe buy a couple of printers

Angua · 23-01-2009, 00:58

I would not be without my trusty label printer. The modern Dymo type ones are also great for hanging file labels so well worth the expense.

Tarantella · 23-01-2009, 02:31

http://cpc.farnell.com/brady/wo-34/l...requestid=8665

Stuck out of the way they'll easily last for the few years before the next upgrade.

Del · 23-01-2009, 06:40

How about a simple Tippex pen?

TheNorm · 23-01-2009, 08:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Down the Pub

dymo handheld label printer

My brother-in-law uses one of these, and is happy with it. He also labels cables with it if there is any possibility of mixing them up. He says it has saved him hours of frustration!

Raistlin · 23-01-2009, 09:01

I''ve deleted the off-topic bickering from this thread that was burying the helpful responses to the question posed by the OP.

If you want to spar with each other please do so via PM.

pabscars · 23-01-2009, 09:02

Imo i think the easiest and most effective way to identify your assets is to have them PAT tested as this normally requires them to be identified on the plug or carcase with a very sticky lable showing a unique number , personally for identifying our company kit i also apply a bar code to the appliance which makes it easier to PAT test next time round.

This kind of kills several birds with 1 stone because you end up with an accurate asset list and a means of identifying each bit of kit, plus legal compliance, and if your PAT testing every 12 months it will almost always be upto date.

we use labels purchased from Portable Appliance Safety Services or PASS for short, and the labels arent that expensive. if memory serves me correct it costs about 40 odd quid for 500 lables.

like i say my company has been using them for the last 5 years and havent had any issues with them falling off yet.

Stuart · 23-01-2009, 10:52

At work, we use a Dymo electronic handheld label printer ( http://global.dymo.com/enGB/Products...Point_250.html ).

The nice thing is it has a sort of "count up" feature. Essentially, if you typed something like "PC0001" and pressed Shift + Print, the label would print, and the display would show "PC0002". Just keep pushing Shift + Print for each label.

The downside is that while the labels are difficult to remove, Students do manage it. But, it is easy enough to work out what the number should be by looking at the PC's next to it.

McGraw · 23-01-2009, 12:45

I just printed the info on paper and sellotaped them down once I'd cut them out.

Took 10 minutes and they're still fine.

rogerdraig · 23-01-2009, 13:33

plastic stencil set and plenty of tip ex ( seems the most popular choice on ex council monitors/towers that come my way

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SMHarman · 23-01-2009, 14:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by pabscars

Imo i think the easiest and most effective way to identify your assets is to have them PAT tested as this normally requires them to be identified on the plug or carcase with a very sticky lable showing a unique number , personally for identifying our company kit i also apply a bar code to the appliance which makes it easier to PAT test next time round.

This kind of kills several birds with 1 stone because you end up with an accurate asset list and a means of identifying each bit of kit, plus legal compliance, and if your PAT testing every 12 months it will almost always be upto date.

we use labels purchased from Portable Appliance Safety Services or PASS for short, and the labels arent that expensive. if memory serves me correct it costs about 40 odd quid for 500 lables.

like i say my company has been using them for the last 5 years and havent had any issues with them falling off yet.

Depends on the hardware though. Once you get laptops in the environment this breaks down as you PAT test the charger not the laptop, works for desktops and lcd panels though.

pabscars · 23-01-2009, 15:20

not too sure what you mean by breaks down SMHarman, the barcode labels we use are very adhesive and are attached to each appliance ie the back of the laptops etc, they have the company name on and a unique number (for id purposes) and the pat test labels are applied at the plug end, i test the charger as a seperate item and then run a test using the charger whilst plugged into the laptop to check for any leakage etc.