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These labels that come out of Sevquis' Dymo Labelwriter and out of my Brother P-touch QL-500 labelmaker are based on a thermal layer on top of the label that discolours areas that are shortly heated to high temperatures, covered by a thin film to protect the label. Unfortunately this thermal method makes labels that are only readably for about 20 months (they fade back to white eventually) and are susceptible to heat, prolonged exposure to uv sunlight and the film itself wears off fairly easily.
The tapelabels use a thermal method that bonds a donor material onto a base material. Separating the two after bonding would require a lot of heat which would damage the tape itself or by sanding it off - the bond is fairly strong. No chance of it accidentally rubbing off. Only normal wear and tear would affect the tape and since it's made entirely out of a plastic material, it lasts a long long time. Only thing that does happen is that in direct sunlight the basematerial may discolour slightly. But even in 10 years despite uv sunlight and rain and weather it will still be readable.
Also, the brother labelmaker is cheaper and the labels for it are a hell of a lot cheaper than Dymo's expensive machines. No difference in quality that I have been able to discern. In fact, the brother machines are easier to handle when replacing a roll of labels.
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(VISITOR) AUTHOR'S NAME
NovaFlash
MESSAGE TIMESTAMP
26 july 2008, 00:32:01
AUTHOR'S IP LOGGED
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