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<p>[QUOTE="4to2centBC, post: 2774406, member: 76181"]Thanks everyone. Those are transparency sheets for ink jet. I then placed another blank sheet behind it to help highlight the letters and protect the ink surface. The trick is that <i>you have to reverse the image before you print </i>because you print on the back and look thru the plastic at the image.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess the color of ink that works best depends on the color of your tray and the background. I tried yellow, gold, light blue, black and none stuck out like the red for these Abafils. I wanted it to stand out against the blue satin of the cover. Having said that, I wish there was a way to print an opaque white....but I can't.</p><p><br /></p><p>I buy fewer coins and do not really worry about getting overwhelmed with storing them this way. Plus I prefer the coin on a red field rather than a dealer tag, otherwise I would have laid them out like Ken. </p><p><br /></p><p>I actually got the idea from a box of mixed chocolates I saw decades ago when I was a kid. They used to have a transparency overlay describing the chocolate beneath. I don't know if they still do that.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a way, this is my Forrest Gump moment and I guess this is my box of chocolates.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="4to2centBC, post: 2774406, member: 76181"]Thanks everyone. Those are transparency sheets for ink jet. I then placed another blank sheet behind it to help highlight the letters and protect the ink surface. The trick is that [I]you have to reverse the image before you print [/I]because you print on the back and look thru the plastic at the image. I guess the color of ink that works best depends on the color of your tray and the background. I tried yellow, gold, light blue, black and none stuck out like the red for these Abafils. I wanted it to stand out against the blue satin of the cover. Having said that, I wish there was a way to print an opaque white....but I can't. I buy fewer coins and do not really worry about getting overwhelmed with storing them this way. Plus I prefer the coin on a red field rather than a dealer tag, otherwise I would have laid them out like Ken. I actually got the idea from a box of mixed chocolates I saw decades ago when I was a kid. They used to have a transparency overlay describing the chocolate beneath. I don't know if they still do that. In a way, this is my Forrest Gump moment and I guess this is my box of chocolates.[/QUOTE]
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