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Getting custom cards printed at Office Max?
Hey fellas...I'm struggling here. Hoping for some help. I have a bunch of the C3V and SoV PDF files that I downloaded, looking to get printed. My options are limited to the point that as of now, the only way to get them printed is to take them to a place like Office Max.
I have spent a lot of time scouring the board looking for any info on getting cards printed this way, but have come up empty-handed. There is plenty of info on creating and printing cards at home, but nothing specific about this. Anyway. All the files that I downloaded seem to be too big as is, as they are about 5x5 inches. So scaling them to the proper size would be be necessary. I can do this in Photoshop, but the format of the PDF files won't open in Photoshop for me. I can always save the JPEG file and use that in Photoshop for cropping, but then I am worried about losing quality. Also, attaining these images as JPEGS seems to be a problem because when I go to save them, it lists it as a "display image," and then the actual saved file doesn't open as anything. My work-around to this is to, from the web site, copy the JPEG image (expanded in the thread), then paste it into Photoshop. This works, and I can do this for all the cards, but it feels like I am missing something really basic. One other miscellanious question...when I resize these files for printing to the proper (1455 x 1364/ 4.85" x 4.58")...is using 300 pixels per inch correct? |
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Re: Getting custom cards printed at Office Max?
Isn't there a red bleed line on their cards? Without looking at it I think the card should print 5x5 inches, then you trim it to size. And 300 ppi would be correct for high res printing. Perhaps one of the C3V / SoV custom people can chime in here. Good luck!
My Custom Terrain Thread: http://www.heroscapers.com/community...read.php?t=448 |
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Re: Getting custom cards printed at Office Max?
Well, for anyone interested, I'll keep updating as this unfolds.
I took 3 cards, resized them in Photoshop, cropping each to 4.85 x 4.58 (155x1364). Then I imported them onto on 8.5 x 11. I then saved this file as a Photoshop file, a JPEG file and finally a PDF file. Later today I am running to Office Max and will have them print this. It will be inetersting to see how this turns out...I predict that they won't be able to print the Photoshop file, but will print both the JPEG and PDF file and the PDF file will look the best. We'll see. |
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Re: Getting custom cards printed at Office Max?
I stumbled across TCG size Heroscape cards on BGG the other day. Custom cards are just so damn awkward to handle and never the same quality. I'm actually printing out all of my cards in this style to try to keep it uniform. Great price, too.
https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/4...47#item1300847 |
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Re: Getting custom cards printed at Office Max?
I seem to be spamming a lot of my stuff lately, but I can't help it if I already did thee exact thing you are looking for. See my VC (C3V & SoV), C3G, CUC, CUA 3/page PDF compilations, which has all the C3V/SoV cards at 3/page. If you want to make your own set of 3 cards/page with only the cards you need, don't do it the hard way you are doing (trust me, I've done it before and it's very tedious), rather see my thread Combine any 3 cards 3/page with GIMP Script-Fu or better yet the X Minus 2 Customs Card Printer.
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C3V/SoV cards @ 3/page PDF / LeftOn4ya's Customs (including Jurassic World) / Competitive Unit Alters / New? Start Here! Unit Debates REVIVED - #76 Tandros Kreel vs Torin "Today is a good day to die... but the day is not yet over"
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Re: Getting custom cards printed at Office Max?
From what I saw of the PDFs they have one image per page, if you were to use the X-2 custom card printing magic, (http://www.heroscapers.com/community...ad.php?t=50176) you can get 3 cards per page and really cut down on your costs to print.
My trade thread, now with Classic, C3V and SoV units! All units come with cards. http://www.heroscapers.com/community...ad.php?t=51709 |
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Re: Getting custom cards printed at Office Max?
Wow...I used the X Minus 2 (I did 2 per page) and went to my local printer (did not use Office Max). I brought a long an original card from Classic scape and they matched up some good stock. The cards turned out beautiful.
Awesome. |
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Re: Getting custom cards printed at Office Max?
@Bonesaw
glad it worked out! Cool that you took my advice and went to local printer - they are a lot better at both customer service and quality - you could not get someone at Office Max to match both paper stock and size to an official card.
C3V/SoV cards @ 3/page PDF / LeftOn4ya's Customs (including Jurassic World) / Competitive Unit Alters / New? Start Here! Unit Debates REVIVED - #76 Tandros Kreel vs Torin "Today is a good day to die... but the day is not yet over"
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Re: Getting custom cards printed at Office Max?
Would anybody happen to know the size of glyph stickers with a 300dpi resolution?
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