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Spring is the perfect time for taking inventory of your facility's labeling and signage. Not only should you review whether or not the labels and signs in and around our facility are in good condition, but you should also ask whether or not they are compliant. In other words, your responsibility should be to make sure they are up to par with the latest ANSI / ASME pipe marking standards and codes.

"That's great," you're saying, "but where do I start?"

Start here: Send me a free Pipe Marking Best Practices guide.


This guide provides the best general industry practices for marking pipes so you can rest assured your pipe labeling is in accordance with ANSI and ASME standards.

The Pipe Marking Best Practices guide* provides instruction for evaluating your facility before, during, and after pipe label creation and application.

Be compliant!

*Includes ANSI pipe marking and IIAR ammonia pipe marking quick-reference sheets.

Labels: Pipe Marking

Graphic Products, maker of customer-trusted DuraLabel label and sign printers, has announced it is holding a photo contest for owners of DuraLabel printers and supplies. Effective immediately, Graphic Products is accepting photo submissions for creative, challenging or intuitive label and sign applications made by any DuraLabel printer, using any of the 40-plus DuraLabel supplies.

In other words, show Graphic Products how you have been using your DuraLabel printer(s) and supplies!

You might ask, "What's in it for me?" Logical question; we knew you were smart. So here's your answer: "Oh, 'just' a shiny, brand new, latest edition 8GB Apple iPod touch... worth 195 bucks!"

Sounds (and looks) pretty sweet, doesn't it.

Take these steps, and you're on your way to a strong chance at winning the coveted iPod touch:

1. Locate (or make and apply right now) a creative, challenging or uniquely effective label or sign made by any DuraLabel printer.
Insider's Tip: Look everywhere throughout your facility. Consider all the limitless possibilities of things to which you can apply a label or sign: machinery, walls, office equipment, medical devices, doorways, tools, work zones, cabinets, restrooms, bins, wires, pipes, nameplates, marine vessels, etc. Remember, Graphic Products is looking for a photo of a label or sign applied to something that communicates a useful message in a way quite possibly no one one has considered before.

2. Use your camera to capture a high quality photo of your label or sign application.

3. Upload it to http://www.graphicproducts.com/photos/ anytime between now and May 31, 2010.

4. Wait patiently till May 31, 2010 for the judges to make their pick for best photo. Or better yet, repeat these steps as many times as you want to increase your chances of winning!

For complete contest rules, information about the 8GB Apple iPod touch, and to submit your photo(s), click here.

Now that's a photo contest truly worth your effort!

Labels: DuraLabel 2000, DuraLabel 7000, DuraLabel 9000, DuraLabel Photo Contest, DuraLabel Photos, DuraLabel Printers, DuraLabel PRO 300, DuraLabel Supplies

Based on OSHA's online Fatal Facts Accident Reports, a new guide from Graphic Products spotlights 12 fatal accidents to teach the importance of OSHA work safety compliance.

OSHA Accident Reports is available free to anyone who has a need for understanding safe work practices and compliance to OSHA safety standards.

Here are the 12 fatal accidents summarized within the report:

• Fall from a Different Level
• Struck by a Nail
• Explosion
• Struck by Collapsing Crane Boom
• Caught In or Between
• Trench Cave-In
• Electrocution
• Caught by Rotating Part
• Caught in Machinery
• Asphyxiation
• Death Due to Burns
• Crushed by Falling Machinery

To learn more about what the new guide has to offer, read the official press release.

Labels: DuraLabel, OSHA Accident Reports, OSHA Safety, Workplace Safety

What's red and white and has love written all over it?

A DuraLabel DANGER label.

With Valentine's Day quickly approaching, there's no better way to say how much you care than to spoil yourself (and employees at your facility) with a brand new DuraLabel printer.

Capable of producing tons of crisp, readable and compliant red-header DANGER labels, industrial quality label printers from DuraLabel are versatile, fast, reliable and cost-effective. And most importantly, DuraLabel printers provide the means for making sure you and your employees feel the love this Valentine's Day by keeping safe from workplace hazards with the presence of OSHA-compliant DANGER labels.

Labels: DuraLabel, DuraLabel PRO 300

The Brady PMB71 Label Printer is a new portable label printer that offers greater versatility in creating 1/4" to 2" labels, combining the best of features from two of Brady's own label printing family: the HandiMark and the TLS2200.

While the PMB71 from Brady offers a built-in handle for easy portability, it also offers these features:

• Vivid color display for viewing label designs
  
• A QWERTY-style keypad
• A print speed of 1.5 inches per second
• Compatibility with over 30 supply types

Print cable markers, wire markers, ID labels, panel labels, pipe markers and OSHA safety labels with the new Brady PMB71.

Follow this link for more info and ordering instructions: Brady PMB71 Label Printer

In the same breath, it's important not to forget DuraLabel's newest portable label printer: the DuraLabel 2000 Handheld Label Printer.

Related posts:

Introducing the DuraLabel 2000: Portable, Versatile, Logical
Justifying the Purchase of a New Label Printer

Labels: Brady HandiMark, Brady Labelers, Brady PMB71, Brady TLS2200, DuraLabel 2000

Accidents happen, but surely most of them can be prevented with proper training and general awareness of one's surroundings and abilities. DuraLabel printers provide the means for solving many problems related to warehouse safety. That's why Graphic Products created a new tool called the Warehouse Safety Hazards and Solutions Guide. It is available at no cost and offers solutions to many common warehouse hazards, including the use of compliant labels and signs.

Want a free Warehouse Safety Hazards and Solutions Guide for your workplace? Be Graphic Products' guest -- click here.

Be safe in your warehouse!

Related posts:

New DuraLabel Supplies Catalog
Warehouse Safety and Solutions Guide on GraphicProducts.com

Labels: Hazard Labeling, Safety, Warehouse Safety