Friday, December 28, 2012

Easy Ways In Plastic Label Printing

By John Pager


Among the different types of label printing, the one done in plastic may be the trickiest yet. For one, plastic requires special ink and a compatible printer capable of writing into the delicate material. However, the process is made easier with the availability of glossy sheets that have self-adhesive capabilities.

This is useful if you are selling products or organizing item collections. Personalized designs for labels can also be printed. All you need is a printer unit, sheets of thin blank plastic labels, and your rich imagination and creativeness.

Create the design you wish to print using pictures and texts. There are designer programs that can be used in this process. The results are collages and pictures that are of high quality. Manufacturers of writing supplies usually includes a software program along with their printing products.

Load the plastic sheet stacks into the printer. Include one or two sheets of clean paper on top of the stack. Make sure that prints come out in high quality by adjusting the scopes for the printer. The settings can usually be found in the print menu button.

Print one test paper with the blank paper to check the positions and outcome of the lay out. Examine the printed sheet closely to make sure there are no mistakes in the texts. Hold a plastic sheet on top of the printed material to check for the alignment.

Edit the format and apply the adjustments as necessary. Pay close attention to the final design and position of the labels. Print on the glossy side and not on the adhesive side. Allow the ink to dry and the page to cool before holding the pages. This is to protect the designs from being smeared and damaged.

Since there are different sizes of labels, there are times when several descriptions can be printed in one page. For single sheet arrangements, peel off the cover of the adhesive side and press into a flat area. If there are many descriptions in a single plane, cut the label printing materials into appropriate sizes before attaching to a surface.




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