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Make your own 5.25" diskette sleeves & labels?

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I have a bunch of 5.25" which are missing sleeves and I would like to protect them properly, hence I need to make (or buy?) sleeves.

I guess that generic white labels can be bought but sleeves is harder to find and best to print yourself?

Anyhow, wonder a bit if someone else have done this, what type of paper thickness to use (that will work with most laser printers) etc., recommended type of glue etc.


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My wife made me some floppy disk labels using a Cricut. We used a real factory label as a template for measurements. The Cricut can cut out any shape on paper, so we want to make sleeves too.

The brand for the sticker paper is Koala. It is very high quality and they peel off without residue.
 

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you can get a 100 pack of sleeves off amazon for under 20$

it is just faster. if you have an old sleeve you can cut the glue and flatten it and put it on a scanner and outline the dieline and create the sleeves.

sleeves were made out of a soft fibrous material with some plastic like qualities. paper will work you just want to make sure it does not rub on the exposed magnetic disc and cause damage.

as for labels avery disk labels are still around or you can find similar dimensioned alternatives.

what i liked to do was get the original disc labels for games off internet archive and then i would print them on paper decal paper from staples. then use clear coat to seal the paper and cut them out and put them on the discs.
so it looked like an original game or applications disc.
 
techcritter said:
My wife made me some floppy disk labels using a Cricut. We used a real factory label as a template for measurements. The Cricut can cut out any shape on paper, so we want to make sleeves too.

The brand for the sticker paper is Koala. It is very high quality and they peel off without residue.
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That is really nice, great result and looking awesome!
 
furball1985 said:
you can get a 100 pack of sleeves off amazon for under 20$

it is just faster. if you have an old sleeve you can cut the glue and flatten it and put it on a scanner and outline the dieline and create the sleeves.

sleeves were made out of a soft fibrous material with some plastic like qualities. paper will work you just want to make sure it does not rub on the exposed magnetic disc and cause damage.

as for labels avery disk labels are still around or you can find similar dimensioned alternatives.

what i liked to do was get the original disc labels for games off internet archive and then i would print them on paper decal paper from staples. then use clear coat to seal the paper and cut them out and put them on the discs.
so it looked like an original game or applications disc.
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Can't seem to find the 100 pack of sleeves, do you have a link or and exact search phrase that works?
 
I think furball is referring to these, but they are for 3.5" disks.

The only source of new 5.25" sleeves as far as I know is floppydisk.com, who also sells on ebay as tomdotstar. Unfortunately, they are made out of thin paper and not very good. They will also bow up in the center when you insert a disk unless you add some extra creases. They are better than nothing I suppose, but I threw mine in the trash.

Every once in a while you can find good used (or even new old stock) sleeves on ebay, such as these which sold about a month ago. I really wish there was someone making new tyvek sleeves.
 
Plasma said:
I think furball is referring to these, but they are for 3.5" disks.

The only source of new 5.25" sleeves as far as I know is floppydisk.com, who also sells on ebay as tomdotstar. Unfortunately, they are made out of thin paper and not very good. They will also bow up in the center when you insert a disk unless you add some extra creases. They are better than nothing I suppose, but I threw mine in the trash.

Every once in a while you can find good used (or even new old stock) sleeves on ebay, such as these which sold about a month ago. I really wish there was someone making new tyvek sleeves.
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So tyvek is the right material?

Check this out. 8.5x11 tyvek paper sheets.

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its been a while since i ordered floppy disk stuff i guess the amazon seller for 5.25" disk sleeves ran out of stock or stopped selling.
sorry about that.
 
I include a template for a 5.25" diskette jacket in the back of the mTCP documentation that you can cut out, fold and paste to make a serviceable jacket. With heavier card stock paper it looks good and does the job.

I'll upload the template later today when I get near the computer that has it.
 

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furball1985 said:
sleeves were made out of a soft fibrous material with some plastic like qualities
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It's called Tyvek, and is commonly used as an outer wrap when building houses in the US because it is vapor permeable.

You can get it in very large rolls, but you might want to make sure to get the stuff that doesn't have the brand name printed all over it.
 
I worked with some guy who did CE work on S/23 Datamasters. He had a call where a secretary wasn't able to get the system up. She followed the instructions:
1-Remove diskette from sleeve.
2-Insert diskette into system.

Hint: Removing diskette from sleeve does NOT involve scissors....
 
You are suppose to pin the disk to the cork board with a thumb tack everyone knows that. Magnet? psssh so pretentious; How do those work anyway.
 
update i ordered the sheets from amazon from the link above, got them and printed out a test sleeve using the dieline i found and posted above.
it works great.
just make sure you cut your ink WAY back on your printer as this stuff sucks in the printer ink and makes a real mess.
do not use a laser printer the heat will shrink up the sheet and mess it up.

the material will also only print on one side there is a rough side and a smooth side, use the smooth side for the ink.

here is the test sleeve and a completely fake disk i made. i used hot glue to put it together.

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That looks great, and the material is much closer to an original floppy jacket than the cardstock that I've been using.
 
To me the material is spot on to the original.

If your looking for artwork to use for disk sleeves

www.flickr.com

Floppy Sleeves

Scanned versions of Floppy Disk Sleeves.
www.flickr.com www.flickr.com

i think i'll make an elephant sleeve.

also be careful with the hot glue as it is hot enough to melt the material and ruin it as well.
 
furball1985 said:
just make sure you cut your ink WAY back on your printer as this stuff sucks in the printer ink and makes a real mess.
do not use a laser printer the heat will shrink up the sheet and mess it up.
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I assume you are using an inkjet? Are you using dye or pigment black?

furball1985 said:
also be careful with the hot glue as it is hot enough to melt the material and ruin it as well.
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I've used a 3M glue stick to repair tyvek sleeves and it works well.
 
I know a guy who is on the patent for tyvek sleeves for diskettes. Done when he was working for Sun.
 
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