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Re: Custom shop signs. WAS: SOME CUSTOM CASTLE TORSOs I have done
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Thu, 8 Feb 2001 03:46:52 GMT
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Using a good quality inkjet printer on the glossy sticker paper designed for inkjet
ink produces excellent quality, good enough to rival laserjet print.  But if you must
have color laserjet output for permanent color fastness, here's a trick I picked up
from making my own (water-applied) decals with laser-jet only decal paper.  Bring a
full-size printout of your decal/sticker sheet to Kinko's or an office supplies print
center (Staples and OfficeMax, for example).  Ask them if you can use their color
laser copier with your own paper (remember to ask the clerk if their machine can
handle a heavier stock without jamming--a manual feed that has a straighter paper
path is preferred).  Then just copy your original onto your sticker/decal stock.
Will probably only work with full-sheet sticker paper.

One other thing, the only thing is that all of the sticker stock I've come across is
on the thick and heavy-weight side (adds a lot to that white-edge effect already
mentioned), so paper glued onto an unwanted torso isn't a bad alternative, as is
decal paper.


"Peter F. Guenther" <pguenthe@zdnetonebox.com> wrote in message
news:G8F27n.504@lugnet.com...
And for those of us who don't have access to a color laser printer, it looks
like

nk Jet Labels for Color Printing
Full Sheet, 8-1/2" x 11", White, Permanent, 1 label per sheet
8255 20 Sheets per Package $15.99

is the choice.

Peter


I think someone, Ed?, mentioned that you can buy 8.5" X 11" printer
"sticker" paper at Staples or OfficeMax or Office Depot for fairly cheap.

Yep, see the comments in the README file here:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=3156

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-Bones-
= http://www.necrobones.com/        = NecroBones Enterprises



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(...) Another thought: Can you use clear nail polish on top of an inkjet sticker for permanence and the appropriate gloss? Peter (23 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)

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And for those of us who don't have access to a color laser printer, it looks like nk Jet Labels for Color Printing Full Sheet, 8-1/2" x 11", White, Permanent, 1 label per sheet 8255 20 Sheets per Package $15.99 is the choice. Peter (...) (23 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)

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