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Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer



 
 
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Old January 13th 18, 04:35 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,rec.photo.digital,alt.comp.freeware
Eco Clean
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Default Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer

Windows sign printing freeware?
Does it exist?

Exact example here uploads.im/YpuVv.jpg
To spray paint plastic sign that are on 12 inches x 18 inches white stock.

Goal is to create a life-sized cutout template on normal 8.5x11" paper.
Then tape template on 12"x18" white plastic stock.
Then spray paint letters of right size with red paint.

If not special sign printing free software is there a trick to print a real
size cutout template with a normal Windows 10 printer of multiple pages of
8.5x11 inch paper taped together by using a trick of some kind?

Plan is to spray paint once I tape the life-sized paper templates over
12x18" plastic stock white boards.
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Old January 13th 18, 11:24 AM posted to rec.photo.digital,alt.comp.freeware,free.spam
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Windows sign printing freeware?
Does it exist?

Exact example here uploads.im/YpuVv.jpg
To spray paint plastic sign that are on 12 inches x 18 inches white stock.

Goal is to create a life-sized cutout template on normal 8.5x11" paper.
Then tape template on 12"x18" white plastic stock.
Then spray paint letters of right size with red paint.

If not special sign printing free software is there a trick to print a real
size cutout template with a normal Windows 10 printer of multiple pages of
8.5x11 inch paper taped together by using a trick of some kind?

Plan is to spray paint once I tape the life-sized paper templates over
12x18" plastic stock white boards.



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Old January 13th 18, 01:40 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,rec.photo.digital,alt.comp.freeware
Ed Cryer
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Default Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer

Eco Clean wrote:
Windows sign printing freeware?
Does it exist?

Exact example here uploads.im/YpuVv.jpg
To spray paint plastic sign that are on 12 inches x 18 inches white stock.

Goal is to create a life-sized cutout template on normal 8.5x11" paper.
Then tape template on 12"x18" white plastic stock.
Then spray paint letters of right size with red paint.

If not special sign printing free software is there a trick to print a
real size cutout template with a normal Windows 10 printer of multiple
pages of 8.5x11 inch paper taped together by using a trick of some kind?

Plan is to spray paint once I tape the life-sized paper templates over
12x18" plastic stock white boards.


Have you tried any of the online sign-designers? "Design house sign"
under Google gets them. I got mine here;
https://www.designahousesign.com/
Cool! And weathers well.

To get a print of it, I just did a screen-shot.

Ed



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Old January 13th 18, 03:06 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,rec.photo.digital,alt.comp.freeware
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Default Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer

On 13/01/2018 12:40:14, Ed Cryer wrote:
Eco Clean wrote:
Windows sign printing freeware?
Does it exist?

Exact example here uploads.im/YpuVv.jpg
To spray paint plastic sign that are on 12 inches x 18 inches white stock.

Goal is to create a life-sized cutout template on normal 8.5x11" paper.
Then tape template on 12"x18" white plastic stock.
Then spray paint letters of right size with red paint.

If not special sign printing free software is there a trick to print a real
size cutout template with a normal Windows 10 printer of multiple pages of
8.5x11 inch paper taped together by using a trick of some kind?

Plan is to spray paint once I tape the life-sized paper templates over
12x18" plastic stock white boards.


Have you tried any of the online sign-designers? "Design house sign" under
Google gets them. I got mine here;
https://www.designahousesign.com/
Cool! And weathers well.

To get a print of it, I just did a screen-shot.

Ed


Thanks for that link Ed, you've made my day :-)
I was looking yesterday for new house numbers at the local diy shed and
couldn't find any I liked so gave up, never thought of looking for
those sort of websites.

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Old January 13th 18, 08:04 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,rec.photo.digital,alt.comp.freeware
Ed Cryer
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mick wrote:
On 13/01/2018 12:40:14, Ed Cryer wrote:
Eco Clean wrote:
Windows sign printing freeware?
Does it exist?

Exact example here uploads.im/YpuVv.jpg
To spray paint plastic sign that are on 12 inches x 18 inches white
stock.

Goal is to create a life-sized cutout template on normal 8.5x11" paper.
Then tape template on 12"x18" white plastic stock.
Then spray paint letters of right size with red paint.

If not special sign printing free software is there a trick to print
a real size cutout template with a normal Windows 10 printer of
multiple pages of 8.5x11 inch paper taped together by using a trick
of some kind?

Plan is to spray paint once I tape the life-sized paper templates
over 12x18" plastic stock white boards.


Have you tried any of the online sign-designers? "Design house sign"
under Google gets them. I got mine here;
https://www.designahousesign.com/
Cool! And weathers well.

To get a print of it, I just did a screen-shot.

Ed


Thanks for that link Ed, you've made my day :-)
I was looking yesterday for new house numbers at the local diy shed and
couldn't find any I liked so gave up, never thought of looking for those
sort of websites.


I'm a mine of useful tips! (:-
If you have a dripping tap and you're not sure of the washer size, try
this - I did;
https://goo.gl/YtxuS6

Ed

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Old January 13th 18, 04:50 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,rec.photo.digital,alt.comp.freeware
Eco Clean
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Default Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer

- Ed Cryer wrote:

Have you tried any of the online sign-designers? "Design house sign"
under Google gets them. I got mine here;
https://www.designahousesign.com/
Cool! And weathers well.

To get a print of it, I just did a screen-shot.


I should have been more clear.

The problem is _printing_ to a size which is larger than a sheet of paper.

It's a math problem. Not a design problem.

I don't know how to print 12x18 scale to multiple sheets of 8.5x11 paper?
Do you?
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Old January 13th 18, 04:53 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,rec.photo.digital,alt.comp.freeware
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Default Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer

Eco Clean wrote:

The problem is_printing_ to a size which is larger than a sheet of paper.
It's a math problem. Not a design problem.
I don't know how to print 12x18 scale to multiple sheets of 8.5x11 paper?

search for "poster printing software"
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Old January 13th 18, 05:19 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer

On 01/13/2018 09:50 AM, Eco Clean wrote:
- Ed Cryer wrote:

Have you tried any of the online sign-designers? "Design house sign"
under Google gets them. I got mine here;
https://www.designahousesign.com/
Cool! And weathers well.

To get a print of it, I just did a screen-shot.


I should have been more clear.

The problem is _printing_ to a size which is larger than a sheet of paper.

It's a math problem. Not a design problem.

I don't know how to print 12x18 scale to multiple sheets of 8.5x11 paper?
Do you?


Gererate your image for the larger paper size. Then print it and allow
the printer driver to tile it.

For my printer this is called "Poster" in the print dialog. Then tape
the pages together, trimming the overlap.
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Old January 13th 18, 06:36 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Make 12x18" signs at home on 8.5x11" B&W laser printer

- joe wrote:

Gererate your image for the larger paper size. Then print it and allow
the printer driver to tile it.

For my printer this is called "Poster" in the print dialog. Then tape
the pages together, trimming the overlap.


The margins screw everything up last I tried "tiling".

There's a technique, where maybe the PPI suggestion is what I missed?
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Old January 13th 18, 06:46 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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In article , Eco Clean
wrote:

The margins screw everything up last I tried "tiling".


not with full bleed.

or better yet, have a print shop do it.
 




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