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Got loose consoles gathering dust? Lets case em!
shenske:
--- Quote from: tiktektak on July 15, 2010, 10:39:24 AM ---Insane but cool idea!
How would you print such a big cardboard box?
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Or how could we scan such a big box?!?! :D
Arseen:
--- Quote from: tiktektak on July 15, 2010, 10:39:24 AM ---Insane but cool idea!
How would you print such a big cardboard box?
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My local advertising agency has printer that can print about 120-140CM wide (not sure) and length is only limited by the paper roll's length!
--- Quote from: shenske on July 15, 2010, 11:54:35 AM ---Or how could we scan such a big box?!?! :D
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In pieces and then combine them.
nye678:
--- Quote from: Arseen on July 15, 2010, 01:22:32 PM ---In pieces and then combine them.
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That is why I was asking for some nice digital photos as I didn't think it likely that people who had boxes would want to go destroying them.
@sheep2001 I think making a sleeve would be a great idea, but I think it might be prohibitively expensive. I still plan to look into it though because it provides the best option to getting something that looks closer to an original box. I think the absolute cheapest way to do it would be to print on whatever the largest sized paper you can without it being considered oversize or custom, and then patching them all together on a large piece of card stock or card board and then have it laminated. I'll be trying out different options my goal is for something that is affordable and reproducible.
I was able to find some decent photos of a SegaCD box online but only the front and back, I have no clue what the sides look like, may just wing it. And I plan on picking a box up today so I can start prototyping various labels and sleeves. I will be starting with the SegaCD and will likely have some pictures up in a day or two.
Guess it is a little obsessive, considering I told my friends, "hey guess what my new obsession is!"... But I don't have room to display them and pulling it out and hooking it up is part of the fun for me.
Arseen:
--- Quote from: nye678 on July 15, 2010, 03:52:59 PM ---
--- Quote from: Arseen on July 15, 2010, 01:22:32 PM ---In pieces and then combine them.
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That is why I was asking for some nice digital photos as I didn't think it likely that people who had boxes would want to go destroying them.
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I did not mean destroying the box, I mean scan as big part of the box as possible, then reposition the box so another part is against the scanner, and so on.
argobeat:
I think it's a great idea! However, I like to have all of my systems hooked up, who knows when that urge will hit! ;D