Smudging Ink on Stamps/Stampers (4 messages) Marcia Tuttle 06 Aug 2002 21:29 UTC
----------1 Subject: RE: Smudging Ink on stamps/stampers Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:02:37 -0500 From: "Mays, Allison" <maysap@millsaps.edu> We print out labels with call numbers for our serials, using standard dot matrix-style address labels. They have enough room so we can stamp the label. We are also using a smaller stamp than before, so we can squeeze it beside the call number. Wars were fought over this issue in one of my previous places of employment. I have also used a quick drying ink that I got at a local store; only problem is that it dries so quickly, you have to reink the pad every day and we get so few serials in a day that it wasn't worth it. But the stuff works great. If you're processing a lot of serials, you might try the fast-drying ink. Call a local stamp store, see what they have. It wasn't expensive. Or consider getting cheap labels and stamping those. Allison ************** Allison P. Mays Acquisitions Librarian Millsaps College 1701 N. State Street Jackson, MS 39210 601-974-1083 maysap@millsaps.edu -----Original Message----- From: Skwor, Jeanette [mailto:skworj@UWGB.EDU] Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 3:33 PM To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Subject: Smudging Ink on stamps/stampers I've noticed a problem this summer that, upon investigation does date back at least a few months, and that is, when issues are processed - stamped (we stamp on the front cover unless it is too dark or shiny), the ink doesn't dry, literally for hours. It came to my attention when a new student began helping out in the department; he was using our heavier, newspaper stamper for periodicals, and as he stacked the issues to take them to temp shelving the ink smeared so badly the date & text was unreadable. First I thought it had to do with the temperature/humidity down here, although we do have humidifiers running, but the weather has long since gone through several changes. I switched the student to an older stamper, not a self-inking one, that seems to use less ink, but the problem persisted, and at about that time is when I noticed some of the issues that had been received during the winter were smeared in the same way. So I changed from the Ideal ink we're currently using to an older brand, Xstamper. We are still needing to spread our newly-processed issues out on the table and leave them there overnight before we can stack them for temp shelving. Are others facing this problem, or better yet, have you solved it? Do you have a brand of ink that dries more quickly? Do you blot your covers? With what? TIA, Jeanette L. Skwor Serials Dept. Cofrin Library University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 (920) 465-2670 ----------2 Subject: RE: Smudging Ink on stamps/stampers Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:04:21 -0500 From: "Heydari, Terre" <theydari@post.cis.smu.edu> Jeanette, We do not stamp directly on the issue. We stamp white labels 3 1/2" x 1 7/16" and place the label on the issue. This seems to eliminate the smudging and smearing. Terre Heydari Center for Information Processing Central University Libraries Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas 75275-0135 theydari@mail.smu.edu 214-768-3637 ----------3 From: "Peter Picerno" <ppicerno@nova.edu> Subject: RE: Smudging Ink on stamps/stampers Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 17:10:48 -0400 Jeanette, This was a problem which I noticed at my last job, and I believe that it has to do with the gloss finish on the paper rather than the ink. The result, however, is the same: i.e., the ink doesn't dry for a long time and it smears even after it's 'dry' when it comes into contact with moisture such as skin oils. I believe we ended up using white labels which we stamped and attached to the journals since we couldn't find an ink which would dry quickly and completely. Often the same paper finish is used throughout the issue so it's not even a matter of stamping internally, and that's why we adopted the solution we did. If someone else has a better suggestion I think we'd all love to know what it is! P Picerno ----------4 Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 13:15:24 -0800 From: Alexis Tibor <alexis.tibor@uaa.alaska.edu> Subject: Re: Smudging Ink on stamps/stampers We had stickers made. That solved our problem. If you still need the date though, you can purchase blank stickers and then stamp those. Once we started using an automated check in system we didnt need the date on the issue any more since it was in the computer. That was when we decided to have property stickers made. It seems to work well for us. Alexis Tibor University of Alaska Anchorage Consortium Library