"Decal" making: Casio 'Label It!' sticky label printer ever useful?

[W Humble]

 Anyone's experience: possibly is Casio's  'Label It!' sticky label printer ever useful?  The one I have has a lot of options I've never used, but before I devote any precious time to experimenting with the tecnology for quick standard-font 'decals', I wondered if anyone else has experience with the thing?

I made some strips for the top of the 1:25 model windshield touting 'HRM Drag Week 2021' and it worked well enough in black letters on clear tape, (looks pretty good!) but I wondered if there were more that could be done.  As opposed to making a sheet with the computer/printer, it is fast and cheap to use for simple strip-banners as I did above.  I had to download and print their Owner's Manual (mine is a used KL-750 model) and it isn't specific enough to be certain what the thing can do.  There are a small variety of fonts embedded, I believe, and it can also do clear letters on black, which is interesting.  Anybody amongst you masterful-modelers have any input? :-<)  Wick, modeling (and ruining decals) since 1953.

[Mike C.]

That looks nice for simple lettering and stuff but are there any reasonably priced printers that can make water slide or stick-on decals from any image or logo you can simply google yet? Now THAT I would consider investing in.

[W Humble]

Mike, friend:

Sounds so easy! You know how, I don't.  I don't know a single car modeler in our town of 120,000, and though I recently joined the IPMS chapter in Yuba City CA, Covid intervened, and I haven't had much contact with those cats, either.  Even tho I've worked as a Graphic Arts/Illustrator*, there is a for me a mighty gulf between doing what you do, and what I can reasonably attempt, right now.  Got printer, got paper, got images, or can draw them, but unless you come over and teach me??? 

Well, I'd still like to have my question addressed.  Wick, at 77, first model in '53

*US Army 81E20, 1979-70  plus an MA in Art 1973 :-<)

[Ace-Garageguy]

55 minutes ago, Mike C. said:

...are there any reasonably priced printers that can make water slide or stick-on decals from any image or logo you can simply google yet? Now THAT I would consider investing in.

How about custom dry-transfers from any source graphic or font?

Very high quality, used extensively for aircraft and electronics panels, models, product presentation prototypes, etc.

I posted this years ago, but there was very little interest.

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EDIT: You'll also need a good laser printer, a laminator, and a functioning brain

Edited September 9, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy

[Mike C.]

26 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

How about custom dry-transfers from any source graphic or font?

Very high quality, used extensively for aircraft and electronics panels, models, product presentation prototypes, etc.

I posted this years ago, but there was very little interest.

MANUFACTURER INFO SITE:   https://decalprofx.com/index.html

AVAILABLE HERE:    https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/decalprokit.php?clickkey=73971

EDIT: You'll also need a good laser printer, a laminator, and a functioning brain

That counts me out

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[W Humble]

Bill, I'll check them out.  I was thinking that maybe the Casio thing was a new tool, tho.  Never have enough tools, and I've got six roll-arounds...  Wick