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<p>[QUOTE="The Meat man, post: 8442249, member: 135271"]This is exactly how I've been doing it too. My format is slightly different, but otherwise, same...typed up on Word, printed on cardstock, carefully cut out and inserted into non-PVC flips which then either go in an album or a 2x2 storage box.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I didn't like about doing it that way was, when I'd get in a new coin or two I'd want to print a card right away. But only printing one or two coin labels on a full sheet of cardstock seemed wasteful, and I didn't feel like waiting until I had a whole page's worth to do.</p><p>Then one day at work we got this:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.brother-usa.com/products/ql800" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.brother-usa.com/products/ql800" rel="nofollow">Brother QL800 | High-Speed Professional Mobile Label Printer (brother-usa.com)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I did some testing with it, and it did really well at printing even extremely small text...plus, the label creator PC program it comes with is very simple to use and you can have it automatically size your font to fill the label size. So a few days later I bought a refurbished one myself. It's really handy for doing one-off labels, just print, trim, and stick it onto a blank piece of 2x2 cardstock. With it, I can include all the coin info I want, plus I've also been printing some interesting historical background information and putting that on the other side of the flip.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: it's also handy for other labels too! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Meat man, post: 8442249, member: 135271"]This is exactly how I've been doing it too. My format is slightly different, but otherwise, same...typed up on Word, printed on cardstock, carefully cut out and inserted into non-PVC flips which then either go in an album or a 2x2 storage box. One thing I didn't like about doing it that way was, when I'd get in a new coin or two I'd want to print a card right away. But only printing one or two coin labels on a full sheet of cardstock seemed wasteful, and I didn't feel like waiting until I had a whole page's worth to do. Then one day at work we got this: [URL='https://www.brother-usa.com/products/ql800']Brother QL800 | High-Speed Professional Mobile Label Printer (brother-usa.com)[/URL] I did some testing with it, and it did really well at printing even extremely small text...plus, the label creator PC program it comes with is very simple to use and you can have it automatically size your font to fill the label size. So a few days later I bought a refurbished one myself. It's really handy for doing one-off labels, just print, trim, and stick it onto a blank piece of 2x2 cardstock. With it, I can include all the coin info I want, plus I've also been printing some interesting historical background information and putting that on the other side of the flip. Edit: it's also handy for other labels too! :)[/QUOTE]
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