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I need some help with printing these UGC covers (did it wrong at Office Max)
cojack16:
I had a Sega Genesis cover printed out and it turned out to be far too big. The dimensions are 3366 x 2100 for the image and I had it printed out at Office Max using regular non glossy legal sized paper. This is what happened. It's too wide and too tall to possibly fit in the UGC even if I trim the borders.
Can someone help me with what I'm doing wrong and what I need to tell them? This is for a UGC.
Also, is it okay to use matte paper (matte is the term for regular non glossy paper right?) and not semi glossy/glossy paper (will it hold up or be too thin?). I'm confused about whether matte and regular paper are the same thing or different. They said they only had legal sized paper that was of regular texture (like you typically would use for college papers). Should I go somewhere else that has better quality for these covers or will that do?
AxelSteelBMX:
Looks like it got printed to stretch to fit the paper's dimensions. You need to specify to them that you need it printed at a 1:1 scale (provided the dimensions of the image itself are correct) or it won't come out right.
Also, as far as paper goes, the covers will last longer with higher-quality paper. If you're on a budget like me, you can just print with standard paper and it seems to come out fine, since the UGCs give the cover inserts a glossy look anyway. Being on a budget, I print at home at highest quality on standard 11" x 17" paper and cut out the cover. This works out fine for me, but I also need to let my covers dry out a certain way so that I don't end up with "bubbly" covers inside my UGCs. Higher-quality paper doesn't have this problem.
The cover insert Wiggy sent me with my EB0 order is NICE paper. If cost isn't really an issue, ask him what to use.
Hoggs17:
i printed it on the 11x14 (i believe) cardstock, matte at office max. turned out perfect for me.
Arseen:
Yes matte is normal paper.
Check the image to make sure DPI is 300.
If DPI is 96 (which sometimes happens) you'll need to print at 32% scale.
Also make sure that fit to page is off, centering on on both horizontal and vertical, paper orientation is set to landsscape (or turn the image 90 degrees prior to printing) and borders are set to minimum, and you use A4 or Legal size paper or bigger. If DPI is correct set scaling to 100% if DPI is 96 then set scaling to 32%.
Or buy home printer. ;)
cojack16:
The DPI on my images is 300, thanks for helping me check that.
Axel, What do you mean by "bubbly" covers? How do you let them dry out a "certain way"?
I'm just wondering if matte legal sized paper will hold up with all the colors printed on it.
Am I supposed to specify that I need a laser jet/inkjet printer? I don't know what exactly they used here.
Also, my UGC's were bought recently. I heard older UGC's were bigger and the newer ones (like mine) are a bit smaller? How does that come into play when printing these covers and making em fit? Sorry about all of my questions!