Another American question

[ffutures]

There's an old gadget sold in the UK as a Dymo label maker that produced labels by embossing them onto rolls of adhesive plastic - you turned a wheel to select a letter, then squeezed a trigger to emboss the label, the results looked like this:






The web site where I found that said it was made by either a Dymo or a Rotex machine - what would the most common variant be called in the USA?

To make it clear, I'm not talking about any sort of electronic label maker - this is purely mechanical, the letters are formed by deforming the plastic strip.

Later Looks like there is no clear winner apart from a slight preference for Dymo, I think I'd better describe it in a little more detail - that will fit in reasonably well with the forensics in the story.

Comments

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Generally I don't recall it being referred to anything except as a "labeler" or "label maker". Dymo seems to be the most common US manufacturer going by a quick Google search.

[dandello.livejournal.com]

The one I had was a Dymo - and if you look hard enough, you can still find the rolls.

[vae-editor.livejournal.com]

Mine was an Astro brand

Looked like this:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/110996137/vintage-astro-label-maker-retro-supply?ref=sr_gallery_23&ga_includes[0]=materials&ga_search_query=label+maker&ga_search_type=vintage&ga_view_type=gallery

[vae-editor.livejournal.com]

Had mine when I was a tyke back in the 1970s

Here's one by Tom Thumb
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49156978/vintage-tom-thumb-label-maker?ref=sr_gallery_31&ga_includes[0]=materials&ga_search_query=label+maker&ga_search_type=vintage&ga_view_type=gallery

[ckd]

Dymo's the only brand I remember seeing/having as a kid, so I'd probably have called it "a Dymo".

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

In the 1950s the local station here had a big machine working on a similar principle - you put in a penny and it made a label on metal strip about a half-inch wide, you got 10 letters/numbers for a penny (and could put in more money for a longer strip). Think the metal was zinc or possibly aluminium. Can't seem to find a picture on line.