X Minus 2 Customs Card Printer

[A3n]

Originally Posted by Smithy Winfred

...Saint Walker hasn't been released, has he? Because he's on the printer...

Thanx Smithy, that was probably missed because it was an earlier version as we decided to go with Blue Lantern instead of Saint Walker.

[Smithy Winfred]

No problem, glad to see another of my favorite units moving a long (now I wish I had printed him out )

[DanieLoche]

Originally Posted by Xorlof

Your signature link goes to picassa's "my photos" area, which is *my* photos for me, not *your* pictures as intended. Send me the correct link and I'll have a look!

My bad ! I corrected the link in my signature. *hoping it's the right one now*
But perhaps the best link to see is this one, which contains the links to my picasa Albums, but also the links to zip files to download faster the army cards per waves.

[Smithy Winfred]

The Glyph of Utility: Smoke Pellet is not on the printer.

[lefton4ya]

You must have done a lot of work to get all the cards cleaned up (either with all white/transparency around the cards in a non-lossy format like PNG OR resized and cropped to the same size). Great job, as the cards not being standard size or white borders was the major issue in overlapping.

[Flame Gryphon]

Originally Posted by Smithy Winfred

The Glyph of Utility: Smoke Pellet is not on the printer.

Should be fixed. If you're still having problems with it, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

[Xorlof]

Originally Posted by lefton4ya

You must have done a lot of work to get all the cards cleaned up (either with all white/transparency around the cards in a non-lossy format like PNG OR resized and cropped to the same size). Great job, as the cards not being standard size or white borders was the major issue in overlapping.

I can't take credit for that. I'm piggybacking off of the C3G's work to support Snappleman's program. They now produce PNGs with transparency for all of their cards. The PNG image dimensions still vary slightly, but it's small enough that it's no biggie. I've made PNGs for VC cards (coming soon!) and some others too, but none of the C3G PNGs. Go thank the C3G art department for those.

In that regard, I *do* wish there was a standard for dimensions of customs card images--perhaps 1530x1530. That size is square (which is useful for various reasons) and enough for 300 dpi cards to have up to 1/8" bleed. It also lets the image size to be expressed precisely as 5.1 inches for layout purposes. (Printers are manufactured to a particular dpi, not dpmm, so it's useful to stick with imperial measurements).

[Yodaking]

Originally Posted by Flame Gryphon

Should be fixed. If you're still having problems with it, let me know and I'll see what I can do.

It is in the printer but it has a white square background that covers up parts of the other cards.

[Flame Gryphon]

Originally Posted by Yodaking

It is in the printer but it has a white square background that covers up parts of the other cards.

I'm not sure what that could be, honestly. The file is in the correct format, which is the exact same as all my other cards. They're all working properly, so I doubt it's that.

Any suggestions, Xorlof? Anything I missed?

Also, I won't be able to work on this too much until afternoon tomorrow. I have a final exam in less than 12 hours that I really need to study for. If it's something I did wrong or something I can fix I'll be around tomorrow afternoon to help with it.

[DanieLoche]

Probably a .png but with a white background instead of transparency...

[Xorlof]

Yep. Just make the background transparent, FG, and reupload.

Good luck on that final!

[Porkins]

A question or suggestion: is it possible to make this print double sided? Such as to print C3G art card on one side and mini card on the back side? Or to print C3V Master card on one side and Basic card on the other side? Or to print card backs from some other custom project onto the back side of said custom project's cards? The > shaped layout of the cards would need to be inverted to < for the back side.