Are these the labels I want?

submitted over 9 years ago by contactclosure

I've been wanting some better labels for awhile now and am finally ready to pull the trigger. I just want to make sure I have selected the right ones since I have to buy a metric fuckton of them. I hardly sell juice, these are for me.

Anyways, looking at the OL800WJ from OnlineLabels.com. I'm pretty sure I want the weatherproof matte inkjet. I'm planning to print from home on my badass Canon color inkjet and put them on 30ml unicorn bottles.

My main questions are
1 - Is the weatherproof matte inkjet the right variant?
2 - Will the 2.5" x 1.563" size work well on a 30ml unicorn?
I've measured and it looks like it'll be legit but I figure some of you have a ton more experience than I do.

Thanks so much for your help. Hugs.

Comments

4 points

by abdadaover 9 years agoI will rip you a new one if you don't use the sidebar & search.

Looks solid and I like that those labels allow full bleed printing, too!

If you get any bleeding, get the Krylon spray for a fast top coat.

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by _thisisadream_over 9 years ago

Can vouch for this spray! Works wonders.

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by abdadaover 9 years agoI will rip you a new one if you don't use the sidebar & search.

Don't spray it on a bug crawling on a freshly printed sheet of canvas, though.

3 points

by _thisisadream_over 9 years ago

I diluted that bug in PG at a 1:10 ratio. Is it safe to vape or should I add more spray?

1 points

by contactclosureover 9 years ago

Nice. I'm pretty quick to grab a rattle can in general but would not have thought to use that.

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by _thisisadream_over 9 years ago

I just found out around the house. After figuring out that bleeding ink is a serious pain in the ass, I saw my girlfriend spraying her paintings with that exact can. Applied it to the labels, magic. No more bleeding.

Dang you for giving out my secrets! ;)

2 points

by contactclosureover 9 years ago

Awesome. Thanks a lot for checking them out. I like the new flair!

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by [deleted]over 9 years ago

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by B4LT1M0R0Nover 9 years ago

I haven't used these labels specifically as I have a laser printer. I have used some other ones from them with great results. For me it was important to set my paper option to "labels" so it printed slower and didn't smear.

I also ran into some issues with alignment. My solution was to shrink the art a little to leave some room from the template edge. I also had to move the artwork up a bit for the labels at the bottom of the sheet.

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by contactclosureover 9 years ago

Excellent tips. Thank you.

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by ScreamQueen813over 9 years ago

I use the laser OL700 weatherpoof glossy and I LOVE them. Good choice. No bleeding, no streaking.

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by contactclosureover 9 years ago

I waffled back and forth between gloss and matte a lot. Thanks for the feedback. What size bottles do you use the 700s on?

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by ScreamQueen813over 9 years ago

My 30ml bottles. They're just a tad bit too big at 2"×4", but they still look good. They really don't leave any space between the two short ends for viewing the liquid level, but my bottles are matte black and opaque anyhow, so it doesn't matter.

2 points

by jeepsterjkover 9 years agoMixologist

Just curious, what Canon do you have?

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by contactclosureover 9 years ago

MP495. It's super basic. I'm hoping it'll do the job. I'm not going to have crazy labels, I just want them to look clean.

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by jeepsterjkover 9 years agoMixologist

Thats cool man. I was honestly just curious because I need a new printer. Also, I just measured a chubby gorilla 30ml bottle. its 3" in circumference and 3.5" in height so those labels should be perfect.

edit: a word

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by shrine399over 9 years agoMixologist

Do you mean 3" circumference? Because if it's 3" diameter, that would mean it's over 9" circumference.

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by shrine399over 9 years agoMixologist

I don't think TOO many people will have size recommendations because of how many different types of bottles people use and how few people actually go all out on their labeling solutions. But, if you measured the bottle and it seems right, it's probably right.

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by contactclosureover 9 years ago

I figured it was a long shot but the unicorn bottles are pretty popular so I thought maybe someone would have already tried.

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by Vokeenover 9 years ago

1- Only if you have an inkjet printer. Then it'll work.

2- Company I work for (local juice wholesaler, I'm the graphic artist) used to use 2 5/8"x1" labels. Works well on pretty much anything.

We recently grabbed a Primera LX900 with 3"x1.5" labels. Works well on everything.