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Getting started with gLabels: Labels & Cards GNU/Linux

Following is an excellent two part series on gLabels by Nathan Willis: Getting started with gLabels and Advanced usage with gLabels.

Labels and Cards with gLabels (Part One)

In the world of label creation software for Linux, gLabels is the long-standing market leader. It offers a convenient graphical interface in which you can design labels with the same tools you are used to finding in image editing software, but it also supports business-friendly advanced features like “mail merge” and barcode generation. In addition to that, its focus on label creation offers some advantages in printing over general office or graphics alternatives, like simple control over printing partial sheets.

You can download source code for gLabels from its SourceForge project page, but most Linux distributions include it in their package management systems — the gLabels site maintains a list of such distros on the download page. gLabels uses GTK and is designed to work with the GNOME desktop environment, but it runs just as well under KDE.

Laser sheet labels DIY printing @office & @home

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Periodic table of the open source graphics and design apps

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Are you ever overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of open source software projects produced by the community? Even when looking at just a subset — such as graphics applications — if you are not already familiar with the options, the volume can make it hard to track down the application that fits your needs. The major categories tend to break down the same way, however — just a few major players; the large projects often catering to slightly different design goals, and a second set of smaller projects each of which has a smaller team and a more narrow focus.

Let’s examine each design field in turn. We’ll start by describing the leading program or programs in each, followed by the smaller or younger projects, and end with the special-purpose tools.

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Moving & storage Labels: free complete template kit

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Are you moving soon and need help with organizing all your cartons and boxes? Do you need printable moving or storage labels to help you to identify all your valuables? Or, maybe you need to keep everything in storage for a while and — in this case — you really do have to have everything labeled. No worries! We’re offering a free fillable Moving Label Kit for you to download. It is a PDF template and the printable labels are in US letter size sheets.

Included in the Moving Label Kit: master list, fragile labels, this side up labels, customize tags for each room, To and From, beware glass, shipping label size and more……..

Label sizes to use:

For fragile labels use our Shipping Labels size 3.5 x 5″
Shipping Label Autofill Template use Shipping labels size 4 x 3.33
For To and From label Autofill Template use our Shipping Labels size 4 x 3.33
For the Tags use our Shipping Labels size 4 x 1″
For Handle with Care Glass use our Half Sheet Label 8.5″ x 5.5″
Or your can just print it out on paper, cut and use tape to stick -:)

Label Template: always a need

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Label template: it is just something you will need sooner or later. There are so many reasons why you might need one, it is too long to list. Worldlabel offers a complete collection of templates for labels, yes almost every label size available can be downloaded to help you create and print labels. If you using MS Word or Openoffice.org we have a template for you. If you using a graphic design program, our PDF templates can be used as a guildline layer.

“Autofill PDF label Template”

Need a label template for Openoffice.org

Try our PDF Autofill Labels for formating your basic text labels in an instant.

Our CD Label Templates allways come in handy.

Classy Stickers for digiKam Lovers Giveaway (Update)

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digiKam Sticker

Using open source software? Then we have something for you. In collaboration with the open source community, we’ve designed some classy stickers you can use to spice up your notebook or netbook and show the world your support for open source software. The stickers are based on some original designs, so you won’t find them anywhere else.

The stickers are printed on high-quality vinyl labels from World Label that are both waterproof and smudge-resistant.

The first set of stickers is designed for digiKam users. If you use this powerful photo management application to process and organize your photos, you have a chance to win 5 sheets (18 stickers each) featuring our original design.

To enter the giveaway, leave a comment to this post (don’t forget to include your email address), and we’ll pick a winner on Monday, July 16.

If you don’t win, there is no reason to despair: in the spirit of open source, the sticker design and template [PDF] are also 100 percent open source, so you can print the stickers yourself. And you can buy labels for that from us!

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And the winner is…

Well, first of all, thank you all for participating in the giveaway. It’s nice to see that so many people use digiKam for processing and managing photos. The lucky winner of the giveaway is Kanwar Plaha. We will contact you shortly to arrange the shipment. We also decided to give a single sheet to another three participants: Simon Slater, Edney Matias, Thomas Damgaard. Expect an email in your inbox soon. Once
again, thank you all for participating, and check back later for more exciting giveaways!

Waterproof labels for your products DIY

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Do you need waterproof labels / weather-resistant labels for your products? How about for use on that water bottle for the company party or even on your beach gear or your bath, food or other outdoor products? With Worldlabel’s waterproof labels, you can use your laser or inkjet printer to make these labels yourself.

Worldlabel’s waterproof labels for laser printers only use a 60-lb. bright white face sheet with a 50-lb. liner made from a vinyl material. Our white waterproof label sheet for inkjet printing is 50-lb. bright white vinyl face sheet with a 50-lb. liner. These materials make the label sturdy and provide the durability to last longer in outdoor applications where water and a wide range of temperatures might damage a regular label. Additionally, the adhesive is a high quality acrylic permanent adhesive that holds up under extreme weather conditions.

Become a typeface pro with Fontmatrix

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Fontmatrix is a free/libre font explorer for Linux, Windows and Mac

Casual computer users often give little thought to fonts, but once you starting working on design — from your web site to your stationary needs, you soon begin to appreciate the positive effects a good typeface can have on branding and marketing. The trouble comes when you start to collect more fonts on your system than you can keep track of in your head. Worse yet, most operating systems attempt to manage fonts for you in an all-or-nothing fashion, through which large collections can slow down application speed, in addition to being tiresome to scroll through. The solution is a good font manager, like the open source Fontmatrix.

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Author Archives: wlmanager

Getting started with gLabels: Labels & Cards GNU/Linux

Laser sheet labels DIY printing @office & @home

Logo of PrintPeelApply™ Brand Labels @WorldLabel

Periodic table of the open source graphics and design apps

Moving & storage Labels: free complete template kit

Label Template: always a need

Classy Stickers for digiKam Lovers Giveaway (Update)

Waterproof labels for your products DIY

Become a typeface pro with Fontmatrix

How to Eliminate Blots From My Inkjet Prints?

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