[Build] Full-page labels for the workshop

[Robert Chu]

Unknown personality type.... Ima bout to get precise with labeling up in
here :D

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Torrie Fischer <tdfischer at hackerbots.net>
wrote:

> We've got a working laser printer in the space, sounds like we should look
> for
> a laminator now :)
>
> On Monday, November 03, 2014 10:59:20 PM Henner Zeller wrote:
> > I made a dozen or so labels, printed on letter and laminated  in 3mil
> > lamination pouches.
> > Laser printed, so should be fairly fade resistant; the plastic pouches
> > make it resilient to water sprinkles.
> >
> > The labels are a set of texts I think we might need (and probably some
> > that we end up not needing); if you print more using the PostScript
> > hack from above, I can laminate them - I still have a bunch of
> > pouches.
> >
> > --
> > Glue
> > --
> > Sticky
> > Tape
> > --
> > Hammer
> > --
> > Paint
> > --
> > Screw-
> > driver
> > --
> > Drills
> > Mills
> > --
> > Goggles
> > Gloves
> > --
> > Measuring
> > Tape, Ruler,
> > Caliper
> > --
> > Pliers/
> > Gripper
> > --
> > Clamps
> > --
> > Thread
> > Cutter
> > --
> > Ratchet &
> > Sockets
> > --
> >
> > Will bring them tomorrow.
> > -h
> >
> > On 3 November 2014 21:21, Henner Zeller <h.zeller at acm.org> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I was thinking about the labeling-situation for boxes and shelves in
> > > the workshop and how to minimize the hassle creating them. Ideally, we
> > > want some laminated labels and font should be as large as possible to
> > > be able to quickly see things even from afar.
> > >
> > > So I wrote  a little postscript-program to create full-page labels
> > > without much effort. Just given a word (or words, possibly separated
> > > by newline), it maximizes the font-size to fit into that page, so no
> > > manual fiddling needed.
> > >
> > > Looks a bit like this:
> > >
> > >
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hzeller/postscript-hacks/master/img/page
> > > -label.png
> > >
> > > Code is here:
> > >
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hzeller/postscript-hacks/master/page-lab
> > > el.ps
> > >
> > > Pretty self-explanatory: Just download and at the end of the file,
> > > just add new words for which to print labels, send to the printer and
> > > done (You can watch how it looks by for instance using okular as a
> > > viewer).
> > >
> > > Say we want to print a page with 'Paint' printed on it; just append
> > > the following:
> > >
> > > %%Page:
> > > (Paint) show-max
> > >
> > > This can be good for the workshop, room-labels, warning labels,
> > > project name labels etc.
> > >
> > > I have a lamination machine at home, so if anyone prints some labels
> > > for the workshop on letter paper, I'll take them home and laminate
> > > them, so that we have nice, sturdy, permanent-ish labels that we can
> > > stick to boxes and shelves.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > >   Henner.
> >
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