earthfriendly Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Am I the only one that is frustrated that I can't find black or black chalk type printable labels that I can print on my printer? If they are available I would love to know who carries them. If they are not available there must be a simple explanation which I somehow missed. Please, someone enlighten me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina J Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Unless you go to a professional print shop I don't think you'd find any ink that would show up on them anyway. You probably need to use white labels and just print the black chalkboard background. I briefly thought about doing this myself but then realized I would be going through WAY too much ink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthfriendly Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share Posted February 3, 2017 I don't understand why the ink would not show up but obviously there's a reason. I agree, way too much ink to fill the space. Lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina J Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Well for one thing most printers don't have white ink. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthfriendly Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 Yea, that would be the only color but I can do without the white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siren12 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 From what I understand when you print with an inkjet printer the ink is absorbed in the paper It won't sit on top. Even other colors in inkjet printers aren't opaque and also most likely won't show up on the black because it's still being absorbed into the paper. You can attempt to find opaque ink. Or I bet you can get them printed from a professional printer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthfriendly Posted February 4, 2017 Author Share Posted February 4, 2017 I agree about inkjet not working but I was hoping laser would. I purchased some black 8 1/2 x 11 paper from paperandmore.com and it works great in my laser printer. I wish they could make some labels out of this same material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbrook Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 So you got the laser printer to print white? I did this a couple years ago. I ended up having to use a black background with white lettering. And yes, I did use a lot of toner. I got a lot of compliments on the labels though but decided to go in a different direction to bring the costs down. This is what my jars looked like then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandlekrazy Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Love, love, love that jar & label! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina J Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 The label is very nice! I love it! Earthfriendly what colors were you able to print on your black paper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthfriendly Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 Love your label pcbrook! I didn't try to print in white since I didn't think I could. Lol! Tina, I was able to print just about any color. I used mainly orange, red, green, purple, yellow. They show up really nice on the black background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina J Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Awesome. I may have to try it again myself someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wthomas57 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I have always searched for printable chalkboard labels as well....no luck. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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