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    Oct 20, 2006 - #1

    Can you buy Clear sticky back labels that can be laser printed onto?

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    <div class='quotetop'>(Sulla &#064; Oct 20 2006, 01&#58;08 PM) [snapback]1341641[/snapback]</div>
    Can you buy Clear sticky back labels that can be laser printed onto?
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    Yup... quite a few actually, try this Google search and just pick one...

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    <div class='quotetop'>(Sulla &#064; Oct 20 2006, 01&#58;08 PM) [snapback]1341641[/snapback]</div>
    Can you buy Clear sticky back labels that can be laser printed onto?
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    Absolutely. Office supply stores like Staples carry them in lots of different sizes (up to 8.5" x 11", I think).
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    freakin&#39; sweet&#33; I am going to staples tonight&#33;

    I am making a prop for an rpg. It&#39;s a cell phone from the future. I am making some simple "Ultraviolet-esque" phone graphics in illustrator and want to print them on the clear sticky back labels and apply them to a piece of clear plexi cut to shape.

    I&#39;ll take pix when I am done. Should be finished by the end of the weekend if all goes well.
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    Should work great for that. I used it to make a brass plaque for a display. I printed out the text, slapped it on a piece of flat, brass stock and it looks great&#33;

    One thing you&#39;ll need to be careful of is air bubbles. Keep them out, and you&#39;ll be fine.
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    <div class='quotetop'>(Darkknight0667 &#064; Oct 20 2006, 03&#58;04 PM) [snapback]1341717[/snapback]</div>
    One thing you&#39;ll need to be careful of is air bubbles. Keep them out, and you&#39;ll be fine.
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    Thanks for the heads-up&#33; :P
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    I&#39;ve checked my local office supply place for clear label stickers. I bought a few different packages which cost way too much and found them all to be "cloudy." Or matte would be a beter description, though all the packages said clear.

    Is there a certain brand or designation on the packaging that I should be looking for here?
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    I havn&#39;t seen any that are optically clear. Anything with an adhesive on it is going to distort some.
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    Have you tried affixing one of them to the surface you have planned? Sometimes they clear up when attached to a colored surface.
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    <div class='quotetop'>(dropshipbob &#064; Oct 25 2006, 04&#58;07 PM) [snapback]1344792[/snapback]</div>
    Have you tried affixing one of them to the surface you have planned? Sometimes they clear up when attached to a colored surface.
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    Yeah, I have. I tried it with two materials. One was the plexi you can buy at Home depot. It was non glare, so I thought that might have been the problem, so i affixed the same sticker to a dark wood table top and got the same clouded results.

    I&#39;ll try and post pix when I get home tonight.
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    What you need are clear polyester labels. I was going to tell you that you wouldn&#39;t be able to run them through an inkjet (but a copier or laser printer works fine), but while searching for an example to show you I found this product: http://www.rippedsheets.com/inkjet/clearpoly.html (they also have a picture of it applied to an item).

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