Using Magneto Optical drives on vintage 68k Macs

[MrFahrenheit]

Ah, I know very little about dye sublimation printers, but your labels look fantastic. Do you get premade floppy labels or cut them to size by hand or with a paper cutting machine?

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[MrFahrenheit]

Those look really nice!!

Thank you!

@JAG The advantage of a dye sublimation printer is that it uses solid wax blocks in the printing process. It melts each of the four colors, and applies that hot wax to the paper. This creates a very uniform image, vs printing with inkjet or laser (which tend to be a bit streaky or be dependent upon the quality of the paper and its ability to soak up ink).

Dye sublimation prints onto the surface of the paper, and binds with the paper, giving it that raised feeling, almost like how business cards used to be made (where you could feel the letters with your fingers).

 

[olePigeon]

I got that raised texture when using glossy stock with a regular laser, but probably not to the same degree. See here:

https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/fancy-homebrew-stuffit-expander-floppy-packaging.40774/

Also, the old Tektronix (pre Xerox Phaser) color laser printer paper has a chemical coating on one side that mixes with the ink when you print, giving it a nice glossy look as if printed from a press. It's pretty cool.