Power card art?

[mattkoz]

Impressive. I imagine that in a sleeve you can't tell the difference.

[gameplan.exe]

Impressive. I imagine that in a sleeve you can't tell the difference.

I concur! seriously good printing quality there!

[Jesse]

YIKES!! o.O

You're telling me! I work in Safety 

Jack - you're printings make me sad  I havent cut the round edges on mine - so they are still squred....yours look amazing.

[SnareguyUT]

I'm using a colour inkjet printer. It's not the best in the world but the ink is ridiculously cheap at $1/cartridge with third-party refilled cartridges. The cartridges last me enough for at least 30 prints per change. The colour reproduction is pretty accurate once the settings have been tweaked.

Model: Brother MFC-5490CN
Application: Photoshop with finely tuned settings for accurate prints

I print on photo paper, thick enough so that if you back it with a (Bicycle) playing card (not an OverPower card) in a sleeve, it feels like the real thing. The photo paper I bought was $5 for 50 sheets, which is a steal as well.

I also made some prints using clear adhesive-backed acetate -- like window decals. I stuck them onto blank playing cards and they look pretty real from a small distance but noticeable "fake" if you hold it in hand.

hey jack...do you mind sharing how you tweak the settings?  I've got the same printer as you, and want to get the most out of making some homemades and proxies...lemme know!

[Jack]

Not sure if Windows XP drivers are any different but I'm using the default Windows 7 drivers -- and not the ones from Brother or any updated drivers.

I print from Photoshop for maximum control for colours.






Ignore bounding box...

[SnareguyUT]

ive got windows 7 myself, so that'll work just fine..thanks!

and one more thing, while im at it...whats the coating on the powersurge-image cards?  it seems the same as bicycle playing cards...is it a laminant, or a specific type of card stock that the cards were printed on to?  do you or anyone know?

[Jack]

No idea.