I cannot attest to the value of the following, yet, as I won't be actually using them until this spring... I bought a DYMO "Letra Tag" at Wal-Mart for $20-30, and it prints out the label (including double row if you like) after typing in the name. The thing I am hopeful about concerning permanency is based on the fact that you can buy metallic labels for it. These are claimed to be weatherproof. The tape is 1/2" wide. I will be sticking them on cap style metal garden markers. Blee811@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 2/11/2003 12:54:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, > janemcgary@earthlink.net writes: > >> You have to buy an >> industrial-quality Dymo label-maker (available for about $150, along with >> the aluminum and also stainless steel labels, which I haven't tried, from >> the A.M. Leonard company - they have a website) > > > > But you have to turn the wheel and press each letter out one at a > time. When I already have the plant names and other info in a Word > table, spreadsheet, or database file I certainly don't want to have to > capture all those keystrokes again. That's why I mailmerge to clear > address labels (about 5 minutes for a thousand!) and then peel and > stick them on the zinc labels with legs. If they're not as permanent > as the steel dymo tags (and they're not), they're a heck of a lot > faster to do. > Bill Lee -- Mr. Kelly M. Irvin The Bulbmeister 4407 Town Vu Road Bentonville, AR 72712 479-685-1339 USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 6b E-mail: mailto:bulbmeister@bulbmeister.com Website: http://www.bulbmeister.com/ Forum: http://www.bulbmeister.com/forum/