Your Vgboxart Printables

[RoarShark]

What type of paper do you guys use to print your stuff out?

[Pan]

What type of paper do you guys use to print your stuff out?

Again, any kind of paper works. It does not make any difference on how good the picture prints out, that depends on the printer, better paper is just thicker or feels different.

[RoarShark]

Again, any kind of paper works. It does not make any difference on how good the picture prints out, that depends on the printer, better paper is just thicker or feels different.

I was asking if I should use paper with a glossier finish on it or not.

[7sk]

I went to Kinkos and asked for glossy. They had a bunch and gave me a big book with little swatches of paper. I just picked one. Maybe they'll do the same for you if you ask?

It cost me four bucks to do three covers, which I think is fair, since the ink and paper would cost me quite a bit more if I'd done it myself (printer sucks).

[Pan]

I was asking if I should use paper with a glossier finish on it or not.

And I'm trying to explain that it hardly makes a difference, glossy make look slightly shinier when printed, but once it's in your DVD case behind plastic, it looks the same as a non glossy print would. If you go to a professional printing place, they will ask what kind of paper you want, and you can test them for yourself. Glossy/Matte prints usually cost about as much as 3-4 normal pieces of paper though.

[RoarShark]

And I'm trying to explain that it hardly makes a difference, glossy make look slightly shinier when printed, but once it's in your DVD case behind plastic, it looks the same as a non glossy print would. If you go to a professional printing place, they will ask what kind of paper you want, and you can test them for yourself. Glossy/Matte prints usually cost about as much as 3-4 normal pieces of paper though.

I see. Thanks for your help.

[Pan]

Here are some more of mine, the Iron Maiden one is on thicker matte paper, and the rest are on normal paper:



Also I don't know if I posted these, but here are Apollo's Resident Evil 2 and 3 boxes(on Dreamcast templates):

[7sk]

Where'd you get the clear cases? I've been looking at some sites but I want to be sure before I buy anything.

[Pan]

Where'd you get the clear cases? I've been looking at some sites but I want to be sure before I buy anything.

I got them from some of my DVDs, also when Hollywood video went out of business they had cases for sale for 25¢ each.

[jevangod]

Nice. I really need to print some of mine out. BTW did anyone here use any of my printables.

[Insomnium X]

And I'm trying to explain that it hardly makes a difference, glossy make look slightly shinier when printed, but once it's in your DVD case behind plastic, it looks the same as a non glossy print would. If you go to a professional printing place, they will ask what kind of paper you want, and you can test them for yourself. Glossy/Matte prints usually cost about as much as 3-4 normal pieces of paper though.

Its not just about the shine.On normal paper drops of ink spread out when they hit the paper,and so the colors bleed into one another, resulting in a loss of quality.The loss, of course, isn't severe, but that should be up to each individual to evaluate.(For some people, there's hardly any difference between bluray and dvd )

Personally, I find the difference well worth the price(and so do my friends after a demonstration.)


For those that do take glossy make sure you dont take the ones that are too fat (about 150gsm should do it), and set all options right on the computer.

[Insomnium X]

Nice. I really need to print some of mine out. BTW did anyone here use any of my printables.

I used Warrior Within but I didnt want to post it because i had to resize the spine to make it fit in the regular box, and I thought maybe you would get angry about it

[jevangod]

I used Warrior Within but I didnt want to post it because i had to resize the spine to make it fit in the regular box, and I thought maybe you would get angry about it

No I wouldnt be angry. Go ahead and post it.

[Insomnium X]

Dont have a camera with me right now, but ok, ill do it first thing tomorrow

[jevangod]

Dont have a camera with me right now, but ok, ill do it first thing tomorrow

Ok. Cant wait.

[Pan]

Its not just about the shine.On normal paper drops of ink spread out when they hit the paper,and so the colors bleed into one another, resulting in a loss of quality.The loss, of course, isn't severe, but that should be up to each individual to evaluate.(For some people, there's hardly any difference between bluray and dvd )

Personally, I find the difference well worth the price(and so do my friends after a demonstration.)


For those that do take glossy make sure you dont take the ones that are too fat (about 150gsm should do it), and set all options right on the computer.

You may have had those problems with regular paper, but I never have.

Also Jevangod, Masloff printed your mariokart box, but since you made the spine so huge I had to modify it before we could print, also it was low resolution so it came out pretty blurry.

[jevangod]

You may have had those problems with regular paper, but I never have.

Also Jevangod, Masloff printed your mariokart box, but since you made the spine so huge I had to modify it before we could print, also it was low resolution so it came out pretty blurry.

Well go ahead and post of picture of it.

[Insomnium X]

You may have had those problems with regular paper, but I never have.

Its not a problem.Glossy paper has a layer of plastic between the coating and the paper which is there to keep all color on the surface.All plain papers have a certain amount of absorption/bleeding, but because the end result depends on so many things(quality/type of paper,quality of inc,quality/type of printers etc.) I'm only suggesting that each person try out both of these, so that they see what the difference is for them.

[JoeyTheHedgehog]

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[Pan]

Well go ahead and post of picture of it.

I am going to his house tomorrow, if my camera battery doesn't die I will take a picture and show you.