Apologies to all. I've just looked on the Dymo website, and most of their machines are computerised, but they still make ones that emboss. Their Dymo Junior is ?13.40. There's a Dymo Omega on Amazon now at ?9.69 but it's for
9mm tape.
There's always old-fashioned gummed paper tape. It won't stick to glass or plastic but can be rolled round cables and stuck to itself, never leaving a residue.
It's not just labels I want PVC tape for around the house. In fact, labels are probably not a major need at all.
I was hoping something like Scotch Super 33 would be a superior offering and do what I want but it's not widely available in retail outlets and I haven't tried it, so I asked here for product sugestions.
I'm sure Tesa offer something better than average but which product?
Yes, my spologies too.
My problem with the embossing ones was that the tape was too thick, and had a natural curl from the reel. It often lifted off.
So just buy the label tape - at least it doesn't leave stickiness.
Bit expensive as a substitute for PVC tape, though. ;-)
For labelling jars and similar I use standard address labels (21 per sheet). On any DTP programme, it's easy enough to make up a template, and even include score/cut lines allowing two or three labels to be cut from the one address label. If the template is set up to cover a whole sheet then its possible to work your way down the sheet, just printing a few labels per session as required. Any superfluous score lines can be deleted prior to each printing session as they'll still be present in the saved version of the template which is loaded afresh each time. Any labels subject to moisture can be overlaid with clear tape.
michael adams
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