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I need some help with printing these UGC covers (did it wrong at Office Max)
cojack16:
That's what it looks like. I guess it was a border problem. Is that what everyone thinks? Where do I fix border problems/what do the options look like? I might try to find another printing place and bring it there to see if they can do a better job. Maybe they'd be better suited to knowing what to do.
Out of curiousity, are mom and pop printing jobs better than big chains (office depot, staples) money wise? I'm trying to find out how to save money since they quoted me 59 cents per cover on legal sized matte paper.
Arseen:
I don't think it's border problem.
If it was it would try to print on 2 different papers instead of just cutting from top and bottom.
Or it would autoshrink the picture.
Money wise best option is cheap inkjet printer, price would be about 10 cents per page includiong paper.
cojack16:
What could the problem be then? It looks like horizontally the image is fine but vertically it's cropped way too much. I don't get the full image. Maybe taking it somewhere else will help since they might know what to do?
So if I use a cheap inkjet printer, wouldn't the image itself look worse (thus offsetting the great 10 cent price per page)? I could live with 59 cents but it seems odd since it's not even glossy paper.
Arseen:
--- Quote from: cojack16 on November 09, 2013, 07:35:31 PM ---What could the problem be then? It looks like horizontally the image is fine but vertically it's cropped way too much. I don't get the full image. Maybe taking it somewhere else will help since they might know what to do?
So if I use a cheap inkjet printer, wouldn't the image itself look worse (thus offsetting the great 10 cent price per page)? I could live with 59 cents but it seems odd since it's not even glossy paper.
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Only thing I can think is that while you did not notice he cropped the image.
You might get better results at different place, it all boils down to how good the clerk is.
And I use cheap canon inkjet printer and my covers look really good, way better than the quality of that sonic print.
Actually the quality is about as good as actual NES box, only the paper I use is thinner.
It more down to the paper used than the printer.
But I'm almost certain that you can get that print quality (of that sonic 2) at home, as that looks pretty crappy.
cojack16:
I don't know. Maybe the sonic 2 print isn't awesome but the altered beast and sonic and knuckles prints looked great to me. The pictures were all taken in pretty bad lighting. I think it looked bad because of the image I was using, not the printer quality.
I'd have to buy a color printer in order to do them myself at home. My mother actually had an epson 1400 color printer but it broke and can't be fixed (too costly, quoted as $300 to fix it). What kind of printer would you guys suggest I get for this purpose if I did want to get one?