Re: how to add symbols to keycaps--Ideas Welcomed

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

Brothers used to make a machine that had a special tape
for such applications.  It was clear tape that would print
black letters.  We used to use them at Officemax to make
employee badges.

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"Obsbedia2" <obsbedia2@aol.com> wrote in message
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> <<  The result either looks junky or it looks cool but won't last if
someone
> actually
> uses the keyboard.
>       What I usually do is find some keycaps that have the right markings
and
> modify the
> underside to permit fitting them on or, if necessary, gluing them to the
KB
> switch stem. >>
>
> I have a membrane keyboard protector that I have been saving, maybe this
is
> the time to break it out to keep the keys looking "cool."
>
> I'm not looking at rearranging the keys caps, as I did on my //c to learn
the
> DVORAK keyboard.  I'd like to continue using the regular keycaps and just
add
> to them.
>
> What's that clear label-making machine called?  I used to use one twenty
years
> ago when I worked in drafting.  Spin the wheel, like a big Dynamo Label
Maker,
> and it printed out the letter on a transparent, plastic tape.  I don't
remember
> if the lettering was placed on the underside or on top of the tape,
though.
>
> Jay Edwards
>
>
>