I found where to purchase new labels. Haven't seen any instructions on how to print. Also I have some refurb. phones I would like to label neatly. These are Executone M Series phones.
Can anybody help? :shrug:

Thanks!

https://www.overlaypro.com/ has desi printing software

If you have the labels you can make up template with Excel

Thanks, that should work.

desi.com has a free program you can download.

I use Filemaker 7 and have lots of templates.

If you have irregular button assignments, Excel is not workable. If everything is uniform left and right, excel is fine.

With Filemaker, you make any field a tad left, right, up or down, bold, etc.

Filemaker is an expensive program but I have a old Filemaker 4.0 that is still new in the box, unregistered, never installed for $100.

With Desi, you are stuck to buying desi sheets from Desi.

Bunnie Excel will work with irregular buttons you devide each button up into several columns and rows then merge the cells together whereever you want a button

To be honest desi"ing" a phone is primarily why i only do nortel. Especially with the new series; labeling become a cake walk.

Shoot, if desi's are the main consideration, go IP Office, with ALL context sensitive soft keys.

Buy a new phone system so the desi's are easier to accommodate? Always joking, I hope!

Had not thought of merging cells in Excel. Now that I have everything in FileMaker I would have to start all over again.

That is a way to do it, sure as shoot'en.

you guys using excell and file maker how do you cut them out ?

last excell one I did was tie onyx where the strips where straight and buttons separte but evan those where a PITA with either a razor knife or paper cutter . I do a lot of partner and I cant see how you would cut it out of a solid sheet .

For Partner, BUY the label sheets from Avaya, then run them through the printer. 4 extensions at a time.

For Legend and Magix, print on plain paper, and cut with a ROTARY paper cutter. 8 to 12 to 16 stations per sheet, depending on the model.

I use excel to make phone-set labels and labels for 110 blocks. Coloring the background on cells makes Fire, alarm and other special circuits stand out. A couple of times I've used MS Publisher to print a half-shade company logo for background then run it through the printer again to make the labels.

I get the desi sheets from www.overlaypro.com they have the software also but I have more options using Excel.

I have a customer that does arts and crafts, last week when there I saw a programmable cutting machine that would work great for making desi labels, I plan on contacting the co. and see if they could make templates for phone labels it would open up a whole new market for them.

Gee, I don't know but at only pennies a desi from Overlaypro I can't see why anyone would go through the trouble of rolling their own. Then there's Desi.com who even gives you free software.

I'm sure that adding the cost of supplying the desi on to the price of a new phone isn't going to break the bank. If customers want them redone charge then for the time and desi or just refer them to Desi.com. This shouldn't be a non-profit endeavor and it does add that finishing touch.

I suppose I could see using Excel if you could do something that the maufacturer's software can't but come on. Don't know about you but I have better, more profitable things to do than screwing with desi's.

-Hal

Hi. I'm Richard and I use Excel...

Works good for all my Avaya 74xx, 84xx, and 64xx phones. As an on-site tech I had the time available. Created templates and keep every users desi on file. I like the flexibility it offers. If there is a change I just email the user a new version, then they have a little arts n crafts project.

I will agree though on something like a Partner.

Richard

My wife has that Wishblade cutter, like what you mentioned metelcom. It would work, but like Hal said, why would you bother when companies like Desi and Overlay have done the work for you. Even the 110 blocks can be done on Desi.

I only do them in house for the original install using desi overlays. After that I give them the desi.com website. I can't make any money on them and customers would have me re doing them with every new hire.
Mark

I have run across phones that desi and overlay don't supply. I never knew that I could get a die made from desi, how much is that?