I noticed that the local stores don't tend to stock the white on clear tape. I had to order the cartridge I have.
On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 8:18 AM, Doug Ingraham <d...@dustyoldcomputers.com> wrote: > White on clear is available with the Brother P-Touch label system. Just > do a google search for white on clear label tape. > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 1:05 AM, Fritz Mueller <fri...@fritzm.org> wrote: > >> Hi Ethan, >> >> On my 11/45, the big power supply regulator stickers on the back of the >> CPU cabinet were also badly damaged. As part of my restore, I went to some >> effort to make suitable replacements. The originals were white on clear. >> >> I found that stickeryou.com did a nice job with white on clear (look >> under their “Clear Stickers” category). It’s a little pricey at $18 for a >> single page, but the two big power supply stickers I needed were most of a >> page so I went for it, and was pleased with the results. I’ll put a pic of >> this up on my blog soon in case others are interested in how this turned >> out. >> >> I would still like to replace the exact sticker you linked to below, but >> couldn’t justify a whole page to get just that one small sticker…. Please >> let me know if you would like to put together a full page of various >> smaller stickers and split the cost, though! >> >> A black on white vinyl process would probably also look okay for some of >> the smaller stickers, I think, if you could get a laser print with a >> suitably dense and uniform black field. Interested in hearing if some of >> the other restorers here have different/better suggestions for this. >> >> For the smallest stickers in my restore (connector/plug labels where I >> was not particularly concerned with matching artwork/fonts) I have been >> using a Brother P-touch labeler with black-on-clear and white-on-black tape >> cartridges. >> >> cheers, >> —FritzM. >> >> > On Sep 28, 2016, at 2:46 PM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.di...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, All, >> > >> > I'm restoring some stuff from the mid 1970s and a recent acquisition >> > was previously cleaned of mouse damage but needs to be sanded and >> > repainted by me. One aspect of it is that some of the labels are >> > damaged (but some can probably be masked and painted around). The >> > level of damage I'm talking about looks a bit like this... >> > >> > http://fritzm.github.io/images/pdp11/h742-corrosion.jpg >> > >> > Most of the item intact, but rust and scale to be cleaned, sanded, >> > primed and painted. The damage to the label in that pic is >> > representative. >> > >> > I have access to all the modern tools, so it's easy to print black on >> > clear adhesive sheet, but not so much with white. Before embarking on >> > spinning up a process, I thought I'd ask if anyone has already done >> > so. In particular interest to me is the era from about 1965-1980, >> > from PDP-8s through PDP-11s and VAX-11 machines, both CPUs and >> > peripherals. I would like to get close matches and I already know in >> > some cases, there just aren't close matches with modern TrueType font >> > files. I can, of course, just take photos of the label areas now, >> > restore the damage, and put on stickers some time in the future, but >> > doing it all at once has its own appeal >> > >> > -ethan >> >> > > > -- > Doug Ingraham > PDP-8 SN 1175 > -- Doug Ingraham PDP-8 SN 1175
