Label Printing

[purplepennyhunter]

I started this discussion in the postage changes thread but it's really off-topic so I've started a new thread.

Bought myself a label printer today, gone are the days of writing out everyone's address labels I can now copy, paste and click and out the label pops. It does lots of stuff, all quite beyond me right now :dontknow: but with some practice I should figure it out.

Found the best price I could on the internet and took the printed page into officeworks and they matched the price and then took 5% off!! Way to go!!

[ausjack]

Nice, so what new toy did Mark get :blink:

[stevo1962]

Definitely adds a professional touch to your mailouts.

[purplepennyhunter]

Mark didn't get a toy. He's not happy about it. I hadn't done it sooner for two reasons. First I think it adds the personal touch and I take the care and attention to every package that goes out. And 2nd no one can peel off texta writing on a box and steal the package!! We'll see if I start to lose packages now. It's certainly a cool looking machine on my desk!

[Goldseeker]

Until it starts playing up................

[JeffH]

I have a little handheld label printer and it is quite versatile. But, I haven't used it for ages (years even).

Usually I just print labels from the computer, cut them out carefully and stick them on with a slightly larger piece of clear film with (peel off) adhesive backing.
"Contact" film works OK but I use Celcast photocopier film. Much better quality than school book covering. You can photocopy onto this film too and, I assume, would be OK with laser printers. When I had a copier with interchangeable, different colour, toner cartridges I could do some quite schmick labels to stick on light coloured surfaces.

Also, I find Celcast "Permanent Paper" is very handy. A plastic sheet (looks like paper) you can photocopy onto and the toner actually fuses into the surface. Waterproof and impossible to tear by hand.

I couldn't find a website for Celcast but these products are available at most stationary and office supply outlets (larger Big Woolies store too, I think). A search for 'celcast' on eBay also turned up several results.

Handy hint; If cutting out adhesive backed film to use as a "patch" then make a tiny diagonal cut across each corner (to remove the point) and the corners will not lift up with wear.

Jeff

[ausjack]

:dodgy: well I don't blame him, I wouldn't be happy either..unless it was made up in other ways of course :winkextra: and I was talking about coins so get ya mind out of the gutter :acute:

Mark didn't get a toy. He's not happy about it. I hadn't done it sooner for two reasons. First I think it adds the personal touch and I take the care and attention to every package that goes out. And 2nd no one can peel off texta writing on a box and steal the package!! We'll see if I start to lose packages now. It's certainly a cool looking machine on my desk!

:good: thanks for the tips Jeff, they all help

[markn]

Back when I had an honest job I was the king of label printers (and barcoding) so I've had my fill of it.  I'd like a new toy but I don't want a label printer.

[trout]

I have one of those ones you put a cassette in and it prints out plastic strip labels.It is a pain to use but the labels are great to use on album covers etc.
I wonder if you could use yours to make labels for saflips ?

[robbiegal]

does it take A4 pages PP?
or does it have a roll of labels that feed in?

[purplepennyhunter]

No it has little label rolls. I got a skinny one and a fat one with the machine. I need to work out which makes best use of the labels. The skinny one's are actual address size labels and the fat roll is just sticky roll and the machine cuts it with each print.

[robbiegal]

ta


was it cheaper than going to a coin shop for the afternoon?

[ausjack]

depends if Marks is with her Robbie :mocking: sorry Mark :cool: