To continue the saga:

Dymo used to be a company.  They invented the idea of putting embossed
letters on vinyl tape.  The typical Dymo labeler used, and still uses
quarter inch
tape and embosses in capitol print letters.  The original Braille Dymo
labeler was also made by Dymo, and was a beautiful heavy duty stainless
steel tool.
  I happen to have one made back in the late sixties.

In the seventies, Dymo was taken over by 3M company.  3M began producing
Dymo tape, and the labeling device.  The 3M devices are available in
quarter inch,
three eights inch, and half inch.  The 3M Braille labeler was nothing more
than a half inch labeler that had an embossing wheel which could be swapped.
  They made embossing wheels in Braille, print, Universal Commercial Code,
and who knows what else.  I think these devices and the tape that supplies them
are still available from some aids and appliances catalogs.  I have seen
both opaque, and clear tape offered in catalogs, though I can't remember which
ones.

Incidentally, the three eighths tape will work in a half inch labeler.

Sometimes low tech is still better than high.

Bill

  12:36 PM 5/29/02 -0700, you wrote:
Frank,

I happened to read your email, and it happens to be about
something that I am familiar with. Although my knowledge is
limited, it may be useful.

Several years ago, I told a girlfriend of mine how I would like
to have clear Dymo tape, but didn't know of any. Well, one day on
her way home from work, she found a roll in a store in NYC.
Unfortunately, I don't know the name of that store, but I could
hunt it down if you get desperate.

I measured my clear Dymo tape (the remnant of the same roll that
she bought 9 years ago) believing it to be the typical size. I
found mine to be three-eighths of an inch in width. Because you
requested one-half inch width, I'm wondering if there is a wider
size, or if you were approximating the width.

I don't know how good you are with the Internet, but have you
tried searching for vendors or the manufacturer on the net? By
the way, I mention Dymo tape in a screenplay that I wrote, and I
spelled it with a capital D. which tells me that I had researched
the word and found that it should be capitalized, and thus, Dymo
is a proper name, like Kleenex, that may be used generically, but
is actually the product name given by a particular manufacturer.

Good luck, and let me know how you make out.

Peter Seymour

At 09:31 AM 5/29/02 -0400, you wrote:
 >Sorry this is a little off topic.
 >Can anyone tell me of a source for 1/2 inch clear dymo tape? I
need a quite
 >a bit for a labeling project. Your help is appreciated.
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