label printing?

I have used both an HP and an Epson printer, and buy generic ink when I can
find it.

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"Julia in MN" wrote in message
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Carolyn McCarty wrote:
No fading so far. Some of the labels are 10 years old and since they are
on kid quilts, they have seen plenty of use and laundering.

I wonder if it makes a difference what kind of printer -- and therefore
what kind of printer ink -- you use???

Julia in MN

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Howdy!

It doesn't matter which printer or font or style used IF the
ink isn't water-proof, intended for fabric marking. Using the regular
printer ink on to-be-washed plain fabric labels is a gamble.
Sometimes ya' get lucky, but there's no guarantee. ;-)

For printed labels, I've used pre-treated fabric
(intended for washing) &/or gone over the print w/ a Pigma Micron Pen
or FabricMate pen. Then I iron it. Now I prefer to write on the quilt.

http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-Archival
http://www.dharmatrading.com/fm.html

Good luck!

R/Sandy


On 12/28/08 6:02 PM, in article
, "Dee in Oz"
wrote:

I printed a label in 2004. Some of the printing has disappeared completely
some halfway and some not at all.
Maybe I used a 'bold' font for some of it which resulted in a heavier
saturation of ink ? I cant remember .... I do remember the outside border
came from a site on the net and this is the halfway faded part.


Dee in Oz


"Julia in MN" wrote in message
Carolyn McCarty wrote:
No fading so far. Some of the labels are 10 years old and since they are
on kid quilts, they have seen plenty of use and laundering.

I wonder if it makes a difference what kind of printer -- and therefore
what kind of printer ink -- you use???

Julia in MN

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That may be so Sandy but I just found it odd that there was 3 different
stages of 'fading/disappearing' on the one label.
It is not as if I treated one part of the label any different to the rest.

Dee in Oz


"Sandy Ellison" wrote in message
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Howdy!

It doesn't matter which printer or font or style used IF the
ink isn't water-proof, intended for fabric marking. Using the regular
printer ink on to-be-washed plain fabric labels is a gamble.
Sometimes ya' get lucky, but there's no guarantee. ;-)

For printed labels, I've used pre-treated fabric
(intended for washing) &/or gone over the print w/ a Pigma Micron Pen
or FabricMate pen. Then I iron it. Now I prefer to write on the
quilt.

http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-Archival
http://www.dharmatrading.com/fm.html

Good luck!

R/Sandy


On 12/28/08 6:02 PM, in article
, "Dee in Oz"
wrote:

I printed a label in 2004. Some of the printing has disappeared
completely
some halfway and some not at all.
Maybe I used a 'bold' font for some of it which resulted in a heavier
saturation of ink ? I cant remember .... I do remember the outside border
came from a site on the net and this is the halfway faded part.


Dee in Oz


"Julia in MN" wrote in message
Carolyn McCarty wrote:
No fading so far. Some of the labels are 10 years old and since they
are
on kid quilts, they have seen plenty of use and laundering.

I wonder if it makes a difference what kind of printer -- and therefore
what kind of printer ink -- you use???

Julia in MN

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Howdy!

....which just proves the instability of the non-permanent ink. ;-)

Good luck!

R/S


On 12/29/08 8:15 PM, in article
, "Dee in Oz"
wrote:

That may be so Sandy but I just found it odd that there was 3 different
stages of 'fading/disappearing' on the one label.
It is not as if I treated one part of the label any different to the rest.

Dee in Oz


"Sandy Ellison" wrote in message
...
Howdy!

It doesn't matter which printer or font or style used IF the
ink isn't water-proof, intended for fabric marking. Using the regular
printer ink on to-be-washed plain fabric labels is a gamble.
Sometimes ya' get lucky, but there's no guarantee. ;-)

For printed labels, I've used pre-treated fabric
(intended for washing) &/or gone over the print w/ a Pigma Micron Pen
or FabricMate pen. Then I iron it. Now I prefer to write on the
quilt.

http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-Archival
http://www.dharmatrading.com/fm.html

Good luck!

R/Sandy


On 12/28/08 6:02 PM, in article
, "Dee in Oz"
wrote:

I printed a label in 2004. Some of the printing has disappeared
completely
some halfway and some not at all.
Maybe I used a 'bold' font for some of it which resulted in a heavier
saturation of ink ? I cant remember .... I do remember the outside border
came from a site on the net and this is the halfway faded part.


Dee in Oz