Label Place Card Holder
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We have a party coming up and my wife wanted to label all the food we set out. So I decided to design a quick label place card holder... thing. I don't know if they have an official name or not honestly... the point being I've seen these sold at party stores for like $2-3 a piece so I was curious; turns out I can print mine for $0.10 worth of plastic in an hour or less and if I really want it to look spiffy, I can hit it with a little sandpaper and paint after it prints. Continuing with my goal of designing not to need support material, this also does not need support material and can print upright as long as your printer can handle the 33mm bridge at the top (which you should be able to with decent cooling). I've included a design file "Place Card Holder.ai" which can be used to design your inserts for printing. It's an Adobe Illustrator file designed for standard "letter" paper size. As long as you follow the margins shown and print the final graphic as a full page with no margins, the inserts should be correctly sized. I highly suggest you make a test print of the blank template to make sure your sizes are correct before taking the time to design your labels. The insert is 26x70mm with a 1mm margin that is hidden from display in case you want to design your own template instead. The slot is designed at 0.8mm wide so it should be able to accommodate even a heavy weight card stock I left the design in its current state with lots of flat area in the corners. My intention was to eventually modify this design to include some kind of hole or holes in those corners where either a festive graphic could be seen on the printed label or a pin/hole style 3D printed part could be snapped in to add a seasonal flair. If I ever loop back around and do either I'll be sure to post those versions as well and I'd love to see any remixes people make! The make photo included here is my final printed version off my Ender 3 and a version that was sanded and painted with a metallic finish. If you choose to sand, cut enough layers of labels to fill the slot completely and it'll hold the thin "bridge" at the top in place so it sands evenly with the rest of the front face. I didn't bother sanding anything other than the front on mine. Happy printing!
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