Homebrew PCBs

I have lots of parts ordered from digikey - they use thermal labels too, but
I don't see any fading of the labels at all, and I have parts that are more
than 2 years old. I also have some really old parts from ElectroSonic, and
their thermal labels are fine too. Those ones are at least 10 years old. Not
all thermal labels / systems are the same. Some remain useful for a long
time. This is true with receipts as well. Some last a long time, some last
for a very shot time. With receipts, there's actually some law that says
they have to remain readable for a certain amount of time, but I forget how
long that time actually is.

Andrew

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:35 PM, H. Carl Ott <hcarlott@...> wrote:

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> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Eldon Brown <eldonb46@...> wrote:
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> > BUT NO! - one year old Labels are starting to fade - Mouser what is wrong
> > with your bag labels ?????
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> Yeah, noticed that too.
> I've taken to writing the part number on the label with a sharpie before it
> becomes unreadable.
> With some SMD parts, without the numbers on the label I might as well toss
> the parts in the trash.
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> Did not seem to have the problem a few years ago. Been ordering from mouser
> for a long time.
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> -carl
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