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Hi, Im new in the forums and I would like to share some of my
experience with TT, specially in the paper area.

Some years ago I bought a low cost package of bizmart laser labels
(letter size sheets with 30 labels each).

What I do is peel off the labels and then print on the shiny side of
the sheet (where the labels were).

I use an iron to make the transfer (a lot of guess work but managable).

- The advantages are:
No soaking or need to remove paper fibers after transfer.

- Disadvantages:
At least with this old labels the cut marks in the paper are deep, so
you need to fix the traces that are over this cut marks, with a
permanent marker or nail varnish after TT.

I just bought a new package of labels (Pres-a-ply - 100 sheets $8.00)
and the cut marks are not a problem, they are almost invisible, I
suppose the fixing part is not going to be necessary.

- Tips:
1.- DO NOT BUY full page labels , at least when I did the paper was
cut in three big sections and it was useless, try other sizes (the
bigger the better, less peeling ), the new labels I bought are 3 1/3"
x 4", six labels per sheet, pres-a-ply 30604, AVERY 5164.

2.- Be careful when peeling the labels, try not to damage the cotiang
and paper.

- To do:
1.- I would like to use this paper with a laminator, if anybody does
please let me know how it went.
2.- Try different label brands, the coating of my old labels works
like a charm, with the new ones Im in the process (ironing trial and
error) to get at least some temp and time specifications.


Hope this help, and please let me know if you test it with laminator.

Happy TT