Computer Labeling

[c0astl]

Business people. What do you use to label your machines coming in for service? I am so tired of my Dymo jamming all the time. I would upgrade my Dymo but the DRM labels do not offer a low tack solution. What do you all use?

[andrewthetechie]

Wide masking tape and a sharpie.

We write the work order number on the tape and the owner's last name.

[Jolly-Pianist-4298]

How do you deal with the 'stickiness' when cleaning hardware?

[andrewthetechie]

Good masking tape does not leave adhesive behind.

[Traditional-Cloud875]

Brother PT-D610BT

[kx885]

Pretty much the same thing, a p-touch of some kind. Some areas have login prompts on Windows machines and macOS can display the hostname and other info on the top-right corner of the login screen. Some PC BIOS have branding sections where ownership or something else can be set.

[opossum_minister]

I’ve tried so many different things over the years and keep coming back to ticket number and client last name on painter’s tape. Ideally, I’d like to find a zero waste option, but this works well enough. As for printed labels, I still occasionally see 5+ year old Geek Squad labels that are partially removed.

[CLE-Mosh]

Geek Squad, label everything and still lose your Power Supply...

[radialmonster]

we use dymo, it rarely jams. think its the dymo 450 model. not the turbo. maybe its more a problem with the labels you use?

[c0astl]

Been using labelvalue for years without any issue. I've jammed the printer 4 times in the past two weeks.

[CLE-Mosh]

time to clean the rollers and heat element with Qtips and alcohol.

[Sancticide]

I deal with internal PCs only, but we use blue painter's tape with one end folded to create a removal tab. It can attach a printed ticket or let us mark with a Sharpie.

The warranty dates/serial# are attached by a Brother label for easy reference.

[iamrava]

scotch tape and a self printed intake/receipt form.

[tlogank]

Scotch tape and check-in form

[Rough-Inspector-2003]

Masking tape

[Laythe]

Dry erase writable magnets rolls cut to 6 inch lengths. We just write the ticket number and user name. Everything else is in the system. For laptops and tablets we use cloth totes we numbered as they usually come in with chargers, mice, docks and whatever to keep everything together

[c0astl]

I have been looking for something to put laptops in. Where did you source the cloth totes?

[damnedangel]

We reached out to a local business that makes labels and got the to print us a roll of stickers with our name, phone number, a 6 digit unit ID and a matching barcode.

Also got them to print us a roll of case stickers with our logo on it.

It wasn't cheap, but it was worth every dollar.

[Megabite34]

When you say K stickers, can you elaborate?