P3D Slide Labelling

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In a message dated 09/07/98 20:35:14 GMT, Ron Labbe wrote:

<< Unfortunately, 0.5" by 1.75" just won't fit the Realist format. Quite
 likely Avery has another label of just the right size.
 
 My major objection is that I need to do 80 at a time, so I run a few
 address labels to fill the sheet. <<<
 
 Actually, I've found it easy to just print a portion of the page, later if
 you want to print another partial page just set up labels to print in the
 areas where there are still labels left.>>
 
And John W Roberts replied, asking:

<< I've always worried that repeated passes through, the corners of the
 individual labels might start to curl up, then a label might strip itself
 off of the waxed paper and deposit itself somewhere along the paper path
 inside the printer (or get tangled up in the moving parts).
 
 Has anyone ever had that happen with an Avery label (after repeated passes
 of the same label sheet, with some of the labels removed)?
 
 I would also be slightly concerned if the person printing the labels
 forgets to relocate one, and the printer tries to print a label onto
 the bare waxed paper. Would that result in toner/ink falling off and
 floating around somewhere in the printer, to smear other pages?>>
 
Well, I have a program called "Labels Unlimited" which easily allows the use
of unused labels on a sheet, and I've never had a problem. If I print onto a
blank space, it does just that. No problem. 

Repeated passes through a laser printer should cause problems - it's
officially "not recommended", but I can't remember having had a serious
problem. And inkjet printers don't use heat, so less of a problem. And my
Epson Stylus Color 400 has a nice straight paper path, too.

I use labels from a multiple stationery store called Rymans. They are 30 x
19mm and come 18 to a sheet about 105 x 140mm. This label size fits perfectly
onto a European aperture mount, and 18 aren't too many to do in a session. The
small sheet feeds as well as postcards or envelopes. I have to play with the
margins a bit, and feed the sheets from opposite edges to use all of the
labels...

Hope that helps

Bob Aldridge


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