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
