label printing?

For those that print label off their computers are you using a laser or
other printer? Do you set with iron or do anything afterwards?
Thanx
joanna
Alberta

I use a Canon inkjet - iron my labels before attaching them to quilt.
Di

"Joanna" wrote in message
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For those that print label off their computers are you using a laser or
other printer? Do you set with iron or do anything afterwards?
Thanx
joanna
Alberta

I have never known anyone to use a laser printer, only the inkjet kind.
There's probably a good reason for that, LOL!

Yes, I set the colors with a good hot iron, first covering the label with
plain paper. If no ink transfers to the paper, I know it is set.

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Carolyn in The Old Pueblo

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If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty

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I use a Canon inkjet - iron my labels before attaching them to quilt.
Di

"Joanna" wrote in message
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For those that print label off their computers are you using a laser or
other printer? Do you set with iron or do anything afterwards?
Thanx
joanna
Alberta

We owned a laser printer for a while. I once printed a stack of paper
piecing foundations. Did all the piecing, then took all the blocks to
the ironing board to press before trimming, printed side down. I had a
perfect set of piecing lines transferred to my ironing board cover!
Laser uses heat to stick cartridge powder to the paper, and heat will
also un-stick it. Not reliable for fabric. Although of course it was
pretty much permanent on the ironing board, or wherever else I didn't
want it!
Roberta in D

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:52:12 -0700, "Carolyn McCarty"
wrote:

I have never known anyone to use a laser printer, only the inkjet kind.
There's probably a good reason for that, LOL!

Yes, I set the colors with a good hot iron, first covering the label with
plain paper. If no ink transfers to the paper, I know it is set.

Carolyn McCarty wrote:
I have never known anyone to use a laser printer, only the inkjet kind.
There's probably a good reason for that, LOL!

Yes, I set the colors with a good hot iron, first covering the label with
plain paper. If no ink transfers to the paper, I know it is set.

Does it withstand washing? I don't want my labels to fade away in the wash.

Julia in MN

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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.

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Carolyn in The Old Pueblo

If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty

If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty

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Carolyn McCarty wrote:
I have never known anyone to use a laser printer, only the inkjet kind.
There's probably a good reason for that, LOL!

Yes, I set the colors with a good hot iron, first covering the label with
plain paper. If no ink transfers to the paper, I know it is set.

Does it withstand washing? I don't want my labels to fade away in the
wash.

Julia in MN

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On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:26:44 -0600, Joanna wrote
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For those that print label off their computers are you using a laser or
other printer? Do you set with iron or do anything afterwards?
Thanx
joanna
Alberta

Inkjet. I think the laser printer is too hot and will ruin either your
fabric sheet or the printer.

Maureen

I print mine on a Lexmark inkjet printer. I don't use anything special. In
fact, I scotchtape the piece of fabric that I'm using to a sheet of regular
paper. Sometimes I'll do two or three at a time. The Print Preview button in
Microsoft Word is your friend for this. I then remove the fabric from the
paper, press to set, fold the edges under about 1/4 inch and sew by hand.
So far, I've had no complaints of fading.

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"Joanna" wrote in message
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For those that print label off their computers are you using a laser or
other printer? Do you set with iron or do anything afterwards?
Thanx
joanna
Alberta

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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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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