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Title: Tile Printing Post by: MrBlu on February 06, 2011, 06:25:44 pm I guess I have two questions. Easy one first:
Once you have the stickers printed and on the tiles, what kind of spray coating do people recommend for protection and/or shine? Now the fun one. I printed three sheets tonight. I printed the extra tiles for Wheel of Fortune, the Wells sheet, and the Wishing Wells sheet. I have all of the PDF's saved. I had them all at 100% viewing. The WoF tiles are "ok". I think they could have stood to be about a smidge wider, maybe a millimeter if that. BUT, both the Wells sheets, the tiles were way too small, like I'd say at least a quarter of an inch on two sides. The loss of the two sticker sheets isn't that bad, but how do I fix this? I assumed (perhaps ignorantly), that viewing at 100% would be what I needed to do. I'm not even sure if the viewing % alters the how it prints though. What's the best way to make sure the tiles actually print the right size? Title: Re: Tile Printing Post by: Talisinbear on February 06, 2011, 10:14:27 pm draw a pic box on yoursize. program the size of a tile 1.75 inches I seem to recall and lay over the image to ensure correct
Title: Re: Tile Printing Post by: CKorfmann on February 06, 2011, 10:42:08 pm I spray mine with high gloss spray. Mine still look kinda dull compared to the others, but I think the only way to make them look authentic is probably use photo paper, not sure.
Wish I could answer the real question, but I can't, sorry. I always print mine out on regular paper in black and white until I get the settings right. The tile width is 42mm. Hope that helps a little. Title: Re: Tile Printing Post by: Joff on February 07, 2011, 12:47:14 am I had them all at 100% viewing. The WoF tiles are "ok". I think they could have stood to be about a smidge wider, maybe a millimeter if that. BUT, both the Wells sheets, the tiles were way too small, like I'd say at least a quarter of an inch on two sides. The loss of the two sticker sheets isn't that bad, but how do I fix this? I assumed (perhaps ignorantly), that viewing at 100% would be what I needed to do. I'm not even sure if the viewing % alters the how it prints though. What's the best way to make sure the tiles actually print the right size? No, viewing at 100% or changing the view zoom will not make a scrap of difference to how the tiles print. Check your printer settings. I imagine that you are not printing at 100%. Uncheck any 'Scale to fit' box and check for a 'Print at' setting. Adjust to 100% as necessary.When this is done, print a test page. If all goes well the tiles will probably be perfect, if not, go back to the printer settings and adjust in small increments until a test printing is the correct size. Title: Re: Tile Printing Post by: MrBlu on February 07, 2011, 02:05:30 pm This could be fun...lol....
Thanks for all the info guys! I'm kind of excited to be printing these now...just don't know where to start... Title: Re: Tile Printing Post by: MrBlu on February 08, 2011, 05:24:30 pm I had them all at 100% viewing. The WoF tiles are "ok". I think they could have stood to be about a smidge wider, maybe a millimeter if that. BUT, both the Wells sheets, the tiles were way too small, like I'd say at least a quarter of an inch on two sides. The loss of the two sticker sheets isn't that bad, but how do I fix this? I assumed (perhaps ignorantly), that viewing at 100% would be what I needed to do. I'm not even sure if the viewing % alters the how it prints though. What's the best way to make sure the tiles actually print the right size? No, viewing at 100% or changing the view zoom will not make a scrap of difference to how the tiles print. Check your printer settings. I imagine that you are not printing at 100%. Uncheck any 'Scale to fit' box and check for a 'Print at' setting. Adjust to 100% as necessary.When this is done, print a test page. If all goes well the tiles will probably be perfect, if not, go back to the printer settings and adjust in small increments until a test printing is the correct size. Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!!! I had to play with it for awhile, but I finally figured out a way. It was showing me the zoom % of what it was printing and I finally figured out how to manipulate it. Sweet!!!! Thanks so much! |