I've always wanted my Powerbook laser etched, but I never knew what I wanted on it. Someone suggested that I get some temporary thing to slap on there to see if I liked it, but I never found any interesting designs that would be worthy of covering up my computer. But a few weeks ago, I came upon Gelaskins, whose designs are better, but not really my style, and at $32.95 a pop, a little too costly for my taste. So I made my own:
This is Link from the upcoming Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. The sticker attaches without a sticky adhesive, through the use of a static cling sticker, the same as the oil change sticker on your windshield. All told, making the static cling sticker cost me about $2 in materials. The quality isn't as good as it would be to be professionally done, and given enough use, the sticker will wear away.
You can get the stickers for laser or for inkjet printers, and after the harrowing experience of printing this out on a laser printer, I must say that this process is not for the faint of heart. Here's the danger -- if the laser printer isn't at the right temperature, the toner and heat combine with the paper to wrap around the fuser, and the fuser is a very expensive part to replace on the printer. I know. I spent 45 minutes digging attempt number one out of the fuser.
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