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| DEL 707:
Just wanted to get peoples opinions on what I should do. Dusted off my old Mega Drive and Snes games and I want to put them all into UGC's, at the moment, I've got about 30 games, but I've always got an eye out for more. I tried printing out some covers on my HP printer, but it doesn't seem to do borderless printing and I can't get my hands on legal sized paper. So if I want to do the printing at home, I'm going to need a new printer. Can anyone recommend a printer for the job? Cheaper the better, ideally. We do have a Samsung colour laserjet at work, which I could probably use after work, not so hot on the idea, because I have bit of a lenghty commute, also, even if I pay to use it, I'm sure work will not be happy about me using up all the colour toner. The 3rd option is of course to go to a print company. I would like to get a new printer so I can do everything at home, would like to have a play around in photoshop, which is something I've never done before. But I'm worried about print quality. Cheap inkjet vs laserjet. |
| sheep2001:
It's all about the paper. Cheap inkjet with good paper will 'usually' give better results than laser with regular paper. Why can't you get legal sized paper? If it's because you are in Europe, just use a4. |
| Blumpkin:
When shopping for a printer I would also look at the cost of ink. I have an HP printer that's old as dust, but it can still print great covers as long as I'm using good paper. But the cost of ink is the bitch. |
| DEL 707:
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on February 03, 2015, 07:58:42 PM ---It's all about the paper. Cheap inkjet with good paper will 'usually' give better results than laser with regular paper. Why can't you get legal sized paper? If it's because you are in Europe, just use a4. --- End quote --- I thought, the problem was my printer, I am using A4 paper, but it seems to cut off both the left and right edges. I tried following the guides, but nothing I can't seem to get it right, reducing the margins below 5mm and printing at 100% size. |
| Dr.Agon:
In terms of paper, you could always get A3 and cut it down to legal size, that's what I do. |
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