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Forgot to add:
BTW, if you really DID print the design on a dot matrix printer, I would
LOVE to see how it came out!
Oh, and should probably FUT lugnet.build.minifigs.
Matt
In lugnet.castle, Matthew Gerber writes:
> Jason,
>
> A dot what?!?
>
> Seriously though...you mean inkjet, right? Depending on the age of your
> printer you may not be getting a resolution sharp enough to look good at
> minifig scale (probably not more than 360x360dpi)
>
> If you are happy with your file, my suggestion would be to 'n'-up the design
> to fit as many as you can onto an 8.5x11" sheet of paper in Illustrator (or
> make lots of designs-it'll be better in the long run), put the file on disk
> and take it to your local Kinko's. They will have a color laser printer
> (with 2400dpi resolution) in their self-serve section. Buy a sheet of 1-up
> label stock from them, and rent a computer (you'll be quick, so it'll be
> cheap). Load the label stock into the bypass tray for the color printer,
> open your file in Illustrator, set to print and send it. Log out of the
> computer (If you are quick enough, you shouldn't even be charged for the
> computer time). Now, use an X-acto with a new blade and cut out the design,
> ready to be applied to your fig. Total cost to you should be about $2 for as
> many figures as you were able to put on one sheet.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Matt
>
> In lugnet.castle, Jason Cicchini writes:
> > Okay. So i used my Adobe Illustrator to make torso stickers, which i shrunk
> > down to actual size of the lego minifig torso. I then printed it out, to
> > find that all detail was lost forever within the baren halls of the dot
> > matrix printer. I pereservered, hoping the spotted designs would look
> > somewhat oksy from a distance, and glued the suckers on the a minifig. And
> > guess what? Still looks like crap. So here's my question. I saw the minifig
> > on mookies latest creation (great thing by the way!) and saw the quality at
> > which the sticker came out. How was this done? Do you have a laser printer
> > that can print clean crisp stickers? What do I do to solve this problem?
> > Please help a brother out! LoL
> > Catch you cats later!
> > -the Rascal King
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