Standard code 49 insect labels
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 13:36:10 -0400
To: "Brian Brown" <bbrown@nhm.org>
From: pick@pick.uga.edu (John Pickering)
Subject: Standard code 49 insect labels
Cc: sackley@compuserve.com, colwell@uconnvm.uconn.edu,
christine.deal@intermec.com, longinoj@elwha.evergreen.edu,
mkaspari@ou.edu, KPerry@intermec.com, cthompso@sel.barc.usda.gov,
jugalde@inbio.ac.cr, windsord@tivoli.si.edu, dl@pick.uga.edu
Brian,
It turns out that ECN passed a resolution unanimously in at their 1993
annual meeting that "code 49 uniform symbology will be used" (see
<www.sel.barc.usda.gov/Diptera/barcodes.htm>). Hence, given that everyone
that I know besides KU now is using code 49, I think that the rest of us
should stick with code 49.
I'm working with Intermec to develop a standard label that can hold 2 or 3
stacks of code 49 and a row of upto 8 letters and 9 digits. We can get
preprinted 0.56x0.315inch labels with these specifications. ALAS and I
both use them. Karen Perry at Intermec is trying to get their 3240 printer
to produce them at this size. If not, they may have to be a little larger
label or by expensive preprinted labels. If we can all standardize on one
label stock, we would have the advantage of sharing the cost of a single
dye, buying label stock in bulk, and possibly sharing printers.
Could you live with such a label?
Cheers,
Pick
>At 10:06 AM 7/27/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Brian,
>>
>>Thanks for your input. Let's hope that everyone can come to an agreement
>>on unique identifiers so that we can better exchange specimens and data.
>>
>>More to come.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Pick
>
>Pick: I agree with you that code 49 should be the way we continue working,
>as long as it remains available. A communal effort is a good idea; it would
>be a way for me to cost-effectively use $1,000-2,000 (the amount of money I
>usually have available at any one time) to buy labels.
>
>Brian
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>Brian V. Brown
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>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
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>
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