Our solution was to create icons for the different lights and shortcuts in Photoshop and get a fancy label printer (in our case the Brother P-Touch Cube Plus / PT-P710BT) that can also print images.
The results? Well, it’s perhaps not perfect, but a huge improvement. If you take your time and don’t rush, you can even get the labels perfectly straight on. I was in a bit of a hurry, or perhaps I’m just not that good with crafts.
The Brother P-Touch Cube Plus label printer works with both 2.4mm and 1.2mm width labels, which is perfect for the Hue Dimmer Switches.
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Can’t believe I never thought of this before! We use emoji stickers, which work pretty well except 1) there’s only one sticker per emoji in every pack and 2) there isn’t always the right emoji for the corresponding button action. We may need to get one of these. Great idea!
Hi there,
This is amazing! I just bought the P-touch cube plus and want to do this.
Did you create the images you used?
Trying to figure out if there is a source for these somewhere.
Yes, I created them in Photoshop. The easiest way was to find photos of the lamps, open them up in Photoshop, and then trace the lines on a new layer 🙂
I have used this site to create some of my labels
https://thenounproject.com/search/icons/?iconspage=1&q=schedule
That looks like a good resource for labels! 🙂