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I'm currently in the process of labeling 700 faux clays and have had mixed results. For the most part, the chips look great with the labels on. It is time consuming to apply the label and press the edge of the label into the groove of the chip. That's not that big of a deal except that some of my label printing has flaked off when pressed into the grooves. This seems to be happening primarily with my black chips. My labels all have a printed colored ring around the edge that corresponds to the color of the chips ($25 green, $100 black, etc.). Greens and blues have gone on with no problems but the blacks have flaked off quite a lot just in the grooved area and I can't explain it (most every black label has some degree of flaking in the grooves). I thought maybe it had to do with overspray of the Krylon Preserve It but I applied just 2 very light coats and sprayed all colored sheets the same amounts but only the black labels were affected. These are standard 1" paper labels that Jason (CinOs3) printed for me. Any idea why this is happening?
I have some unsprayed sheets of the black $100 label and I was thinking about applying those without spraying to see if the same thing happens. Based on my experience I would recommend not printing to the edge of the label or getting smaller labels that don't need to be pressed into the grooves. The colored rings on these size labels are nice since they blend in with the chip making it harder to see when they are not perfectly centered. But, I would be happier with some visibly off-centered labels versus the flaking of one whole denomination in my set.
It appears this may be an isolated problem with the ink quality on this batch of black labels. Jason (Cin0s3) is working on a new batch to see if that solves the problem. It pays to work with a professional! I will post my results.
This sounds a little bit like the toner not having bonded to the paper correctly, though as toner is just plastic, it can be scraped off of the printed surface as well. If Jason is using an Okidata 5150 as was reported elsewhere, this could happen with the black toner if it is printed using the paper setting rather than the Transparency or Label listing when it was printed. If Jason is going to reprint those, I'd suggest just waiting for the reprinted labels. The spraying should not have any impact on it that would cause the toner to separate from the printing surface, if anything it will give added protection to minimize scratches to the toner, however if the toner is not adequately bonded to the printing surface, it's going to flake whether it is sprayed or not.
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