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Subject: Re: Totaly OFF topic .. but who cares. (case front panels)

From: "alan00463" <alan00463@...>
Date: 2006-01-11

> What about the inkjet or laser printable "water slide decal" paper
> such as http://www.mcgpaper.com/decalkits.html or other suppliers?
> It is available in white or clear base, place decal on a thin
> plexiglass front panel. do a goole search on "WATER SLIDE DECAL +
> inkjet"

Looking at an old motherboard earlier, I noticed two things. The
white component legend is about half lettering and half geometric
shapes. The lettering is very thin. A laser printer could easily
print that artwork. So I was thinking, "Hmmm....can I get a laser
printer toner that's white, rather than black, so I can print this
onto transfer paper and use it to label my PCB ? "

Unfortunately, there's no such toner. However, this WATER SLIDE
DECAL might work. It comes in 8.5" by 11" sheets ! Also it comes
in a laserprinter version as well as inkjet. I will investigate
this stuff further...