SB-610 graticule, how to make?

[Randall]

Has anyone tried to use a self stick clear sheet of with an ink jet printer
to make labels with ?
I am looking for a way to make some labels for a few projects.
I have used a white sheet but of course you have a white back ground. I
would like to paint the back ground color and put a clear sheet with the
labels printed on it over the color.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Tallent" <mtallent at CONCENTRIC.NET>
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Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: SB-610 graticule, how to make?


> I am also working on the problem of "white printing", I have an ALPS
Micro-Dry
> printer that I have just gotten a white printer ribbon, and I will be
trying it
> on transparencies and heat transfer sheets to see if I can make white
lettering
> for meters and panels.  Will let you know how it turns out.
>
> Mike W6MXV
>
> "Gerald C. Lemay" wrote:
> >
> > In the process of restoring an SB-610 monitorscope, I had to come up
> > with a
> > replacement  graticule. Of course, they're unobtainable, so what to do?
> > Well, I tried "replicating" one  (hello, Star Trek fans) with 2 pieces
> > of
> > software. I used Visio 2000 to make the graticule.  Visio has a stencil
> > called "Forms - Shapes". In that stencil is a 10 line form which can be
> > resized and rotated to make a reasonably good, even-spaced graticule
> > with a
> > minimal amount of work. Looks just like the  original, with the grid,
> > major
> > and minor divisions. I then saved my drawing as a WMF graphic  file for
> > editing and touch up with Paint Shop Pro. I cropped it to the right size
> > and
> > shape and would  be virtually undistinguishable from the original were
> > it
> > not for one single thing: I haven't  come up with an acceptable white
> > print
> > out. The best I can do is print a slightly yellow, light-colored
> > graticule.
> > There's another problem. I'm trying to print this out on a transparency.
> >
> > What I  found is that transparencies don't have as much color density as
> >
> > prints on regular paper. It makes  sense that this would be the case.
> > You
> > don't want opaque print on something that's supposed  to let some light
> > come
> > through. The best prints on transparencies are black in color. That
> > would
> > be great for duplicating dials and markings but obviously, that's not
> > what's
> > needed  here right now. So the question is how do you print thick enough
> >
> > white lines on transparencies? Anyone else on the list have any
> > experience
> > doing this type of thing? I'm using an HP  Color LaserJet 4500DN with HP
> >
> > transparencies C-2934A. As Chief Inspector Clouseau would say "I am so
> > cleuse, I can fell it in my beuns". BTW: Visio has some interesting
> > stencils
> > for vacuum tube aficionados. There's diodes, triodes, and pentodes. You
> > can
> > have directly or indirectly heated cathodes and you can show or hide the
> >
> > tube envelope. Unfortunately no pentagrid converter. Other than that, it
> >
> > would be perfect for drawing neat tube circuit schematics.
> >
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