Labeling cables is important, especially when you have a lot of them, and it is tough:
- Paper and plastic tables tend to loosen over time.
- Numbers or letters you can snap on only work on thicker cables and over time tend to break loose (due to plasticisers evaporating).
- Permanent markers are less permanent and fade over time.
Hopefully heat-shrink tubing you can print on with either Dymo or Brother laber writers will outlast 3. At least they won’t loosen like 2. and 1.
So I was glad that [Archive] Jilles🏳️🌈 (@jilles_com) / Twitter started a thread, which I tried to help keeping coherent.
Some of the messages:
- [Archive] Jilles🏳️🌈 on Twitter: “When you are chaotic and don’t want to mess stuff up”
- Dymo
- [Archive] stacksmashing on Twitter: “@jilles_com At the risk of contributing to your filled mailbox: Do you know that there’s Dymo Heat-Shrink-Tubing? “
- [Archive] Bruce Barnett on Twitter: “@ghidraninja @jilles_com “Compatible with DYMO Rhino 4200, 5200, 6000 industrial label printers.” :-( But Robert Darby’s review says it works on the $20 model 160 as well!! I’m in!”
- [Wayback/Archive] Works great with the cheaper printers too!
On a whim I ordered the DYMO LabelManager 160 label maker (well under $20) on the off chance that since the label reels are identical between the vinyl labels that it uses and this shrink wrap that maybe, just maybe it’ll work. Not to mention, save me at least $60.
As it turns out , IT DOES WORK ! - [Archive/ Jilles🏳️🌈 on Twitter: “@grymoire @ghidraninja I own a Dymo LabelManager 220P and according to the shrinktube is D1 and compatible with my label writer. Will see if that’s true tomorrow. “
- [Wayback/Archive] Works great with the cheaper printers too!
- [Archive] Bruce Barnett on Twitter: “@jpluimers @bencpye @ghidraninja @jilles_com …”
- [Archive] Bruce Barnett on Twitter: “@jpluimers @bencpye @ghidraninja @jilles_com And the Amazon link is here …”
- [Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@grymoire @bencpye @ghidraninja @jilles_com Jilles already got it in the mail. Awesome! …”
[Archive] Jilles🏳️🌈 on Twitter: “Seems Nineleaf is selling DYMO compatible printable heat shrink tubes for way less: 1805443 24mm 18057 19mm = 3/4″ 18055 12mm = 1/2″ 18053 9mm = 3/8″ 18051 6mm = 1/4″ …”- [Archive] Bruce Barnett on Twitter: “@jilles_com @jpluimers @bencpye @ghidraninja Here’s the US amazon link for the 1/2” tape (18055/18056) from Nineleaf. 1 DYMO costs $34, while 3 Nineleaf cartridges costs $15. Much cheaper! No reviews though… …”
- [Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “@jilles_com @grymoire @bencpye @ghidraninja And more posts like this (: …”
- [Archive] Jilles🏳️🌈 on Twitter: “/mail heat shrink tube for DYMO Labelwriter “
From left to right: 6mm(1/4″), 9mm(3/8″), 12mm(1/2″), 18mm(3/4″), 24mm(1″), each length 1.5m (5′).
- [Archive] Jilles🏳️🌈 on Twitter: “Well, 24 and 19mm don’t fit in the device. …”
- [Archive] Jilles🏳️🌈 on Twitter: “6, 9 and 12mm do fit (and print) …”
- [Archive] Jilles🏳️🌈 on Twitter: “Different sizes”
From left to right: 6mm(1/4″), 9mm(3/8″), 12mm(1/2″), 18mm(3/4″), 24mm(1″), each length 1.5m (5′).
- Brother
- [Archive] Ben Pye on Twitter: “@jpluimers @grymoire @ghidraninja @jilles_com Brother apparently have something the same too – and again can work with their cheap printers “
- [Wayback/Archive] Print Your Own Heat Shrink Labels For Factory-Chic Wire Naming | Hackaday
- [Archive] Ben Pye on Twitter: “@jpluimers @grymoire @ghidraninja @jilles_com Well I could have gone cheaper but PC connected was too tempting – … Now to wait for the clone heat shrink from AliExpress…”
- [Archive] Ben Pye on Twitter: “@jpluimers @grymoire @ghidraninja @jilles_com There’s even a protocol manual! … If every printer had one of these the world would be a better place.”
- [Wayback/Archive] Print Your Own Heat Shrink Labels For Factory-Chic Wire Naming | Hackaday
- [Archive] Ben Pye on Twitter: “@jpluimers @grymoire @ghidraninja @jilles_com Brother apparently have something the same too – and again can work with their cheap printers “
–jeroen
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