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awemawson:
I've recently had to label a load of wires and cables, and for most things the coloured numbering sleeves that slip over the wires are fine:

awemawson:
However sometimes just numbers isn't enough - here we have the connections to a three phase AC servo amplfier:

awemawson:
These labels are produced on my trusty Brother QL-550 printer, and are self adhesives, so can be rolled arround the wires

awemawson:
Only problem is that the label tries to revert to being flat - so it gradually unrolls, and in warm places can fall off!

I thought that the obvious solution was to slip a clear heat shrink sleeve over the label and shrink it in place:

awemawson:
 :bang: Only problem is that you end up with an illegible label   :bang:

Why: well thinking about it it is obvious - the label printer is using thermal paper, and the heat of the shrinking is converting the rest of the label to black.

So, try printing out on a laser printer, cutting out the text with a scalpel, and shrinking :

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