How to print several covers at once?

[hoverboots]

So I'm expecting a bunch of cases soon, and I'd like to print my covers in advance. Is there any way to print them all at once? I'm printing them myself, and I usually use MS Paint.

[TDIRunner]

If you ordered UGCs, I would NOT recommend printing a bunch in advance.  It's well documented that each and every batch of UGCs are a little different in size.  That's not to say the cases themselves are different sizes, it's just that the seam on the sleeve is not exactly the same every time.  What might happen is that you could print off a bunch of covers in advance and then they don't fit right when your cases arrive.

I would recommend waiting until your cases get there.  Then print off one or two covers and test fit them to make sure everything works.  You might need to make them slightly smaller or just trim off an extra mm around the edge.  The good thing is that all of the cases in one order will PROBABLY be the same.  So once you get one cover to fit right, the others can probably be done the same way.

Hope that helps.

[wiggy]

I'd use InDesign to do so. It's really easy to setup a layout and then plop all the JPGs in.

[hoverboots]

If you ordered UGCs, I would NOT recommend printing a bunch in advance.  It's well documented that each and every batch of UGCs are a little different in size.  That's not to say the cases themselves are different sizes, it's just that the seam on the sleeve is not exactly the same every time.  What might happen is that you could print off a bunch of covers in advance and then they don't fit right when your cases arrive.

I would recommend waiting until your cases get there.  Then print off one or two covers and test fit them to make sure everything works.  You might need to make them slightly smaller or just trim off an extra mm around the edge.  The good thing is that all of the cases in one order will PROBABLY be the same.  So once you get one cover to fit right, the others can probably be done the same way.

Hope that helps.

I was planning to do this for Shadowfox's Gameboy covers, but that's good to know for the future. Are there any alternatives to UGC for casing N64/SNES games? Other than Bitboxes? Nothing against Bitboxes, I have NES games in Bitboxes, just curious.

[hoverboots]

I'd use InDesign to do so. It's really easy to setup a layout and then plop all the JPGs in.

Haven't used that, I'll give it a try. Thanks!

[TDIRunner]

Are there any alternatives to UGC for casing N64/SNES games? Other than Bitboxes?

Not right now.  Supposedly, Shadowfox's new NES cases will hold SNES pretty well, but I haven't seen one in person yet to verify.  Personally, I don't have a problem using UGC's for any type of game that doesn't require modification.  So I'm not as interested in custom cases for SNES, N64, Genesis, SMS or 32x (and others).  I just hate modifying cases.  That's why NES and GB/GBC were top priority for me.