I've done it - generally in an emergency though.

I've found all of the IBM libraries to be very forgiving of rather
amateurish looking lables.  I've only ever done them on a laser printers
though.

Getting them to stick (and stay) on is always the most challenging bit!

Steven

On 16 January 2015 at 12:01, Nick Laflamme <nick AT laflamme DOT us> wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience with trying to produce labels in-house to
> relabel physically LTO tapes?
>
> We’re going to start using different series of barcode labels as we start
> working with outside customers; I want to know just by looking at a tape
> whose data should be on that tape. My manager is worried that if we stock
> on up tapes as we add each customer, we may end up with too many for one
> customer and not enough for another, so he wants to be able to physically
> relabel the tapes.
>
> I found one article from HP warning against using inkjets or even “office
> quality” laser printers as being insufficiently precise for the job. They
> also warn about alignment issues, and I can imagine issues with labels
> falling off. However, before I say, “No, we shouldn’t even try; we should
> work with our tape vendor if we need to relabel tapes,” I want to make sure
> I’m not running contrary to actual experiences.
>
> So, have you tried printing your own labels for LTO tapes, and how’d that
> work out?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick