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Offline jjoonathanTopic starter

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« on: October 06, 2023, 07:54:16 pm »
In a month I'll be headed to a company event where everyone has an identical new company laptop. I need stickers to distinguish mine. Usually I get stickers at trade shows, but that won't work in time. Any ideas where to look / who to ask for test equipment company stickers?
 

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2023, 08:04:10 pm »
A quick squirt of aerosol spray paint works well to identify your own equipment.  :P
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Re: Stickers
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2023, 08:08:36 pm »
Sure, as does tape, acrylic, or permanent marker. I asked for stickers because I want stickers.
 

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2023, 08:39:22 pm »
make your own,find the image you want and print it on sticky labels
 

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2023, 08:58:36 pm »
My usual source for printable self-adhesive labels is Avery  https://www.avery.com/category/shape/all/
They are readily available in the US at Staples, Office Depot, etc.
 

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2023, 09:06:53 pm »
I don't want stickers that much. Never mind!
 

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2023, 09:10:12 pm »
Then use colored duct tape.
(Single sheets of Avery labels should be available at a decent office-supply store.)
 

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2023, 09:13:54 pm »
Yep.
 

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2023, 01:30:57 am »
i had a lappy in the past,  custom painted ----- high gloss white piano finish  with an red eagle on it,   for sure  youll never have problems to identify it    :-DD
 

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2023, 05:26:18 am »
Just get a selection of scary warning labels in one of the small formats from any of your local or nation-wide industrial safety suppliers (lab safety...).
 
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Re: Stickers
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2023, 08:10:06 am »
Perfect for someone who follows EEVBlog: Warranty Void if Removed


Of course, being someone who has absolute plonk artistic creativity (really - I have trouble besting a kindergartner with my stick figures), I'd probably just end up printing my name on a Brother label maker tape and calling it good.
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Re: Stickers
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2023, 06:24:11 pm »
A quick squirt of aerosol spray paint works well to identify your own equipment.  :P

Don't you have some Siglent stickers you could send them?
 
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Re: Stickers
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2023, 06:40:44 pm »
A quick squirt of aerosol spray paint works well to identify your own equipment.  :P

Don't you have some Siglent stickers you could send them?
No branded ones, only vinyl overlays around the inputs for some models that hide full disassembly screws underneath.
OTOH I use our company vinyl stickers on everything I need identify when doing exhibitions and such.
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Re: Stickers
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2023, 06:49:07 pm »
ENGRAVE your name, this is the only solution.  People do that on company instruments to avoid others taking your  :-DMM
 

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #14 on: October 08, 2023, 10:48:19 am »
Any ideas where to look / who to ask for test equipment company stickers?

After being in test and measurement for almost 30 years, I've seen all sorts of T&M "swag" (including things like wine cups and comic books) but I can't recall ever seeing anyone offering stickers (magnets, yes, but not stickers).

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2023, 11:41:55 am »
Any print shop should be able to print you some stickers for cheap.

There's plenty of online print shops, too. I use Vistaprint, I don't know if they're the best but they've always done a decent job.

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2023, 03:07:49 pm »
Any print shop should be able to print you some stickers for cheap.

There's plenty of online print shops, too. I use Vistaprint, I don't know if they're the best but they've always done a decent job.

Vistaprint is definitely not the best, but they're decent, and usually competitive. GotPrint.com and CatPrint.com are both better.
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Re: Stickers
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2023, 03:54:24 pm »
In a month I'll be headed to a company event where everyone has an identical new company laptop. I need stickers to distinguish mine.
Two thoughts:
  • Buy some Koni shock absorbers or Cibie driving lights for your car. Then plonk the accompanying sticker on your laptop. Or buy a Yeti thermal coffee cup if you want a really expensive sticker that comes with a free cup.
  • Just put a Post-It note on your laptop, with the text "crashes when hot". That works really well at discouraging folks from borrowing gear, or so I have found in the past. >:D
 

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #18 on: October 08, 2023, 06:12:03 pm »
Small marking somewhere  :)


Or a distinctive sticker:

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #19 on: October 08, 2023, 06:50:54 pm »
This is the most interesting thread right now. I think that means it's time for Siglent to release some new firmwares.
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Re: Stickers
« Reply #20 on: October 08, 2023, 06:57:35 pm »
Hah, that's a good one! Yep, I have some shiny tape that will solve the identification problem, but I'm a little surprised by striking out on the sticker fishing expedition. It might just be a HW/SW culture difference because yeah, now that you mention it I'm not sure I've seen many free-floating HW company stickers either. In SW land, it seems like every damn company is keen to exploit the phenomenon where well-placed sticker piles spontaneously migrate onto laptops. In both of the companies I previously worked for, marketing tagged me before every engineering gathering to shepherd the sticker pile. One time they sprang for sparkly stickers and 5 years later I was still seeing those things on random laptops at conferences half a world away, lol. Protip: you need a cardboard or plastic box as a diffusion barrier so that they diffuse onto laptops and not the surface the sticker pile is placed on.

Speaking of Warranty Void stickers, I've built up a cache but I am reserving those for my personal laptop. It's due for a refresh but I haven't actually pulled the trigger yet.

 
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Re: Stickers
« Reply #21 on: October 08, 2023, 07:11:34 pm »
Speaking of Warranty Void stickers, I've built up a cache [...]

Impressive collection! My favorite is the nicely self-referential one from Agilent: "VOID IF BROKEN".  8)
 
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Re: Stickers
« Reply #22 on: October 08, 2023, 07:33:40 pm »
Speaking of Warranty Void stickers, I've built up a cache but I am reserving those for my personal laptop. It's due for a refresh but I haven't actually pulled the trigger yet.

I thought the Amazon link I posted was pretty expensive at $23 for 100.  But it looks like your collection probably cost a few 10's of thousands!
 
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Re: Stickers
« Reply #23 on: October 08, 2023, 08:16:59 pm »
My favorite thing about this thread is the following:

Reply #2
...I asked for stickers because I want stickers.

Reply #5
I don't want stickers that much. Never mind!
 

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Re: Stickers
« Reply #24 on: October 08, 2023, 08:38:48 pm »
I tried to pre-empt the helpful suggestions by mentioning plans B, C, and D but in true engineer fashion nobody was deterred  ::) still, thanks, they were fun anyway  ;D

If someone really wants to help with sticker engineering, I am in the market for a better vinyl cutter than my Silhouette Cameo. I use it to cut front panel stickers, but the registration drifts by ~.5mm after 20 holes or so, and that's too much for keypads. I can make it work by piling up guide blocks to keep the cutting platform straight, but that is extremely awkward. If anyone here is familiar with the drift characteristics of newer cutter/plotters in the sub-$1k price class, I'd love to hear!

EDIT: I had better not rely on subtext here: yes, I have considered using the Cameo to print and cut laptop stickers. It is precisely because I am very familiar with this workflow -- and the effort required -- that I don't want to use it for NASCAR laptop. I'm going with my original plan B, some lovely shiny tape, but the warning labels gave plan B a run for its money  :-+
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