April 27th, 2014, 02:41 PM
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Super Smurfy
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Join Date: February 22, 2011
Location: WI - Stevens Point
Posts: 3,116
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X Minus 2 Customs Card Printer
X Minus 2 Customs Card Printer
The X Minus 2 Card Printer is the easy way to find and print customs cards right from a website, up to 3 per page, with no downloads or graphics editing required. Currently only C3G, C3V, and SoV cards are supported, but we're going to add cards from other individuals and customs groups too! (If you want your customs added, PM me for details).
Requirements: Any of the 3 previous versions of the "big 4" browsers. At the time of writing that means you need at least Internet Explorer v9, Chrome v32, Firefox v26, or Safari v5. Chrome is strongly recommended if you have the choice.
How to use
- After loading the webpage, just click through the green categories listed on the left to see the available cards.
- Click on the names of the cards you want added to your print job. The cards will show up in a grid in the main area on the right.
- If you want to remove that you've already added, just click on the picture of the card.
- When you have all that you want printed added, select whether you want two or three cards printed per page using the option below the list of cards. Three is the default if you skip this step.
- Now do a print preview and verify that everything will print how you expect it to. Assuming all looks OK, hit print! Here's an example print preview (from Chrome):
Problems / Questions / Solutions
I need to create a PDF so that I can take the file somewhere else for printing
Spoiler Alert!
Some day I may create a built-in option to generate PDFs, but for now you have to tell your browser to do it for you.
If you're using a Mac, open up the printing screen. In the lower left corner you can select the option to save it as a PDF instead of printing.
If you're using Windows, the solution will depend on what browser you're using. - If using Chrome, hit the change destinate button on the print screen and select "Save as PDF."
- If using Firefox or Internet Explorer, you will need to use a PDF print driver. If you don't already have one, try PrimoPDF. Download and install it. Then when you want to create a PDF, hit print in Firefox/Internet Explorer and select "PrimoPDF" as the printer. Anything sent to this fake printer will be saved as a PDF instead of printed.
Make sure whoever prints the PDF for you prints it using the "Actual Size" (not "Fit") setting in Adobe Reader.
The printed cards are slightly too small
Part of a card is cut off when printing
Markers/tokens printed along with a card are overlapping a neighboring card
What's an unlock code?
Planned features:- More cards!
- 2 sided printing (partial support added)
- A convince-the-commercial-printing-company-(Office-Depot,-Staples,-etc.)-into-thinking-this-PDF-does-have-an-OK-to-print-for-personal-use-allowance-so-they-are-much-more-likely-to-print-it-for-you-instead-of-hassling-you-about-it-containing-Marvel/DC characters" feature.
- Ability to bookmark a list of cards (low priority)
- Additional filters (e.g., lookup by wave / by name)
- Card search?
- Print glyph decals on separate sheet
- Your suggestions!
What do you think, sirs?
--xorlof
There is nothing more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. --MLK
Last edited by Xorlof; May 13th, 2014 at 03:00 AM.
Reason: updates for latest release
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