Wow, did you print those yourself or is there plans available somewhere?Obvious_Reel said:View attachment 29955
Wow, did you print those yourself or is there plans available somewhere?Obvious_Reel said:View attachment 29955
I think they all have their uses. I would say the d110 and or the d11h are a must have for anyone. If even just for simple labels for storage. Less than $30 on amazon, they’re both steals. They’re both very similar but the d11h is 300 dpi vs lower 200ish for the d110. D11h is just slightly fancier but take all the same labels. Now, if you want good labels? Bigger? M2 hands down. You can’t print in all the colors on the rainbow but it’s a VERY capable unit. You can make some good to fancy labels with that thing, Uh huh. If you want straight up professional labels, you’d be looking at laser printer and precut label or holo label sheets for sure.Alex_9327 said:Haha same here! After reading everyone’s experiences, I might have to try it too.
You’re seriously an organization genius! I think I need to try using niimbot for vial caps too, I definitely need those round labels!
You’re definitely a labeling veteran
This is officially next-level, between the d11, d110, and m2, which one do you think is the best to use?
Haha, I think you guys are slowly convincing me that I need a niimbotI started this thread just looking for ideas, but now I’m seriously considering getting one.
What’s the difference between the d110 and d11h? Which one do you use more?
Thanks for the detailed breakdown!Obvious_Reel said:I think they all have their uses. I would say the d110 and or the d11h are a must have for anyone. If even just for simple labels for storage. Less than $30 on amazon, they’re both steals. They’re both very similar but the d11h is 300 dpi vs lower 200ish for the d110. D11h is just slightly fancier but take all the same labels. Now, if you want good labels? Bigger? M2 hands down. You can’t print in all the colors on the rainbow but it’s a VERY capable unit. You can make some good to fancy labels with that thing, Uh huh. If you want straight up professional labels, you’d be looking at laser printer and precut label or holo label sheets for sure.
I use them all for different things. D110/D11h for lab labels or just simple recon labels. Small decorative labels I suppose. My m2 gets more use than my laser printer. It’s my go to.

Too much work. I open my cases and look at the vial caps I printed and know what they are. I could also pull the vial and look at the label I printed on the vial and refer back to the spreadsheet I made. Just the way I do it.kugelblitz said:I print Avery labels with QR codes pointing to the inventory page. So when I pull out a vial, I can scan it, and have all the info about it there. I can't post any photos because QR codes point to my domain, and I don't want to have that info tied to this account.

I use my D110 for that too. Love the round white labels for the vial caps. I have a Nelko P21 too. I keep round ones loaded in the Niimbot and Nelko for regular labels, same size.Obvious_Reel said:I use them all for different things. D110/D11h for lab labels or just simple recon labels.
I know there are clear, white and yellow round labels. I know you can get the 2 row white ones for the m2 also. I’m thinking about grabbing up something relatively cheap. Like a niimbot b4 for shipping labels. Trying to keep my laser reserved for the nicer things. That or I might try a phomemo. They’re gaining some popularity, mainly because they aren’t limited by label count/etc.BNLFL said:I use my D110 for that too. Love the round white labels for the vial caps. I have a Nelko P21 too. I keep round ones loaded in the Niimbot and Nelko for regular labels, same size.
The older Phomemo D30s are not limited, there is a a newer model that is though. I have the original D30, and last week I thought I would try the newer D30D. I discovered it will not print on the older Phomemo sticker rolls that do not have an RFID chip. It is going to be returned.Obvious_Reel said:That or I might try a phomemo. They’re gaining some popularity, mainly because they aren’t limited by label count/etc.

This is good to know thank you! I might just go the b4 route thenCandyCap said:The older Phomemo D30s are not limited, there is a a newer model that is though. I have the original D30, and last week I thought I would try the newer D30D. I discovered it will not print on the older Phomemo sticker rolls that do not have an RFID chip. It is going to be returned.

I found this on Amazon - it looks to be the original D30; would you mind confirming? I am interested in the Phomemo because I don’t want to be limited by supplier-only labels. TIA!CandyCap said:The older Phomemo D30s are not limited, there is a a newer model that is though. I have the original D30, and last week I thought I would try the newer D30D. I discovered it will not print on the older Phomemo sticker rolls that do not have an RFID chip. It is going to be returned.

I see that Phomemo mentioned more lately. I didn't care for the clear round, hard to read on the dark cap vials. I don't have a fancy printer beside a full size brother. No need for a fancier small printer.Obvious_Reel said:I know there are clear, white and yellow round labels. I know you can get the 2 row white ones for the m2 also. I’m thinking about grabbing up something relatively cheap. Like a niimbot b4 for shipping labels. Trying to keep my laser reserved for the nicer things. That or I might try a phomemo. They’re gaining some popularity, mainly because they aren’t limited by label count/etc.
They’re cheap which is why I considered them. As for printers, I picked up a canon mf663cdw for less than $500. Simply so I can just print whatever I want.BNLFL said:I see that Phomemo mentioned more lately. I didn't care for the clear round, hard to read on the dark cap vials. I don't have a fancy printer beside a full size brother. No need for a fancier small printer.

Lots of ratings on that one. I might have to look at this later and see if I can add to this months Amazon bill, it's already over $1K. Thanks for getting me in trouble.HouseCat said:I found this on Amazon - it looks to be the original D30; would you mind confirming? I am interested in the Phomemo because I don’t want to be limited by supplier-only labels. TIA!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HV3MPFD/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=A383LNY60JL5P7&psc=1
Yes! That is the older model that I have. It works with other manufacturers stickers.HouseCat said:I found this on Amazon - it looks to be the original D30; would you mind confirming? I am interested in the Phomemo because I don’t want to be limited by supplier-only labels. TIA!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HV3MPFD/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=A383LNY60JL5P7&psc=1
Oh, come on. It's only $17.99. Way less than a kit......BNLFL said:Lots of ratings on that one. I might have to look at this later and see if I can add to this months Amazon bill, it's already over $1K. Thanks for getting me in trouble.![]()

I just looked and was shocked at the price. I'll leave that Amazon page open.Obvious_Reel said:They’re cheap which is why I considered them. As for printers, I picked up a canon mf663cdw for less than $500. Simply so I can just print whatever I want.

That's pretty much the same approach. QR generation is dynamic, and it points to an address such as example.com/asset/XXX-YYY where XXX is batch number, and YYY is the individual vial number. I could easily generate 1000 labels, and I print them 189 per A4 sheet, so it is super fast.BNLFL said:Too much work. I open my cases and look at the vial caps I printed and know what they are. I could also pull the vial and look at the label I printed on the vial and refer back to the spreadsheet I made. Just the way I do it.

You could consider also something like Avery L7871 labels. They're prefect size for 3ml vials, you can get them with permanent glue, and you can print them with any office printer (189 per page).HouseCat said:I found this on Amazon - it looks to be the original D30; would you mind confirming? I am interested in the Phomemo because I don’t want to be limited by supplier-only labels. TIA!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HV3MPFD/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=A383LNY60JL5P7&psc=1


No offense, but I didn't read that because I don't care. I'll stick with my old fashion way. How much "inventory" do you have?kugelblitz said:That's pretty much the same approach. QR generation is dynamic, and it points to an address such as example.com/asset/XXX-YYY where XXX is batch number, and YYY is the individual vial number. I could easily generate 1000 labels, and I print them 189 per A4 sheet, so it is super fast.
My inventory app serves the same purpose as your spreadsheet. Except I can enter both structured info, and freeform such as comments, photos, or anything else, and do so on my phone. I use each vial's page to record things like how much bac water I used to recon, which brand of bac water, on what date, etc. This way when I pull out a vial out of my storage, I can scan the QR code with my phone, and I have everything I could possibly want to know 2 seconds later.
I'm not necessarily saying everyone should use this system, because it takes technical knowledge to self-host it, but was already using it for my tech, and it works really well for me.