Anybody making custom labels?

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Anybody dabbled in label printers or applicators? If so I'm interested to know what you're using
 
Thanks guys I'll check them out. Ultimately I'd love to be able to print and label up my own cans, doesn't seem like there is much on the market that will be compatible with each other
 
Done in canva (a free app on my phone). Then just sized and printed out on an ink jet printer
 

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Semigloss 8 labels per sheet : works well for both 330ml and 500 ml bottles and the colour reproduction on the paper works well
I've also used Herma repositionable labels that soak off really quickly - 6 to an A4 sheet, a bit larger so not quite as easy to apply to 330ml size bottles. The beer labeliser site is good and you can download the graphic file to tweak in a simple graphics app.

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Anna
 
I used Canva to design mine and had them printed at one of my customers who print them for a lot of the big breweries.
 

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I do mine in MS word and print on to paper using my laser printer. That said, mine are very basic - just text and a qr code. The reason I bought a laser printer rather than inkjet was in part for making lables for my bottles.
 
I do like a nice label, and they are usually well received as more 'professional' when you hand some bottles out to friends.
I started out in good ol MS paint, then finally learned how to use photoshop a bit, which makes changing things very easy (different labels for different sized bottles - # of standard drinks etc).
I print out and use wife's scrapbook sliding cutter to cut them. Then brush on milk to attach, and they just slide off in hot water afterwards. I'll attach some examples when I've compiled them...
 
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I use canva.com. there are a few templates for beer labels that you can modify.

I got pointed at these labels by a friend (various sizes exist). The "reusable" labels mean then peel off the bottles cleanly without leaving all the glue and sticky residue on the bottle.
 
I tend to just put a letter on the cap for my own purposes, but label a few for my wife who doesn't understand my ever -changing system and for those I give away to friends so the know what is in the bottles, rather than relying on my garbled instructions.

It does make them look a lot more like the business though.

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