Just wondering, for anyone that had the Alpha document professionally printed, what kind of dollar amount were you looking at? I'm thinking in the long run this might be cheaper for me than running through my own ink on my printer, but I wanted to get an idea of how much this cost, and what did you have to do (i.e. if you took it to a place like Staples, did you have to explain that you could have it printed, etc.)
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I had the Alpha2 printed at FedEx Kinkos. I used the print friendly version. The cover page was printed in color, the inside pages in black and white. They said .pdfs are their drug of choice. The document was printed double-sided, and was spiral bound, all for just over $16 including tax. I showed this to my players and they all wanted one, so I went back and made six more copies. The spiral binding added $4.99 to the cost, but was well worth it.
Ah . . . that's within the range I was willing to do then. One thing I haven't pointed out in any of my playtests is that its a serious pain to pass around the one printed copy of the book.
I had my wife, who runs the print shop in her company, print two out for me and they came out looking very nice. As the previous poster did, I used the print friendly version.
I'll be doing the same thing wehn Beta 3 comes out.
I had the Alpha2 printed at FedEx Kinkos. I used the print friendly version. The cover page was printed in color, the inside pages in black and white. They said .pdfs are their drug of choice. The document was printed double-sided, and was spiral bound, all for just over $16 including tax. I showed this to my players and they all wanted one, so I went back and made six more copies. The spiral binding added $4.99 to the cost, but was well worth it.
16 bucks double sided man thats cheaper then the new set of inks for the printer
I printed both versions at work.
For free.
:D
Have an advantage on this myself. I work in a print shop. Printed copies of the full pdf in color with clear acetate over the cover and back for myself and four friends and coil bound it for free. Side benefit of my job....free printing of game pdfs and maps.:D
I highly recomend coil binding personally. It makes folding back pages very easy without a chance of breaking the binding. Cardstock covers and photowhite paper also make for a more lasting printing...worth the money.
-Weylin Stormcrowe
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Just wondering, for anyone that had the Alpha document professionally printed, what kind of dollar amount were you looking at? I'm thinking in the long run this might be cheaper for me than running through my own ink on my printer, but I wanted to get an idea of how much this cost, and what did you have to do (i.e. if you took it to a place like Staples, did you have to explain that you could have it printed, etc.)
I figure I'll have my copy of BoXM II printed this way at some point. (I'll just buy the Pathfinder Beta Softcover in August.) I usually run off a print copy of PDF books and drop them in sheet protectors in a 3-ring binder; durable, to be sure, but kinda bulky.
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I had the Alpha2 printed at FedEx Kinkos. I used the print friendly version. The cover page was printed in color, the inside pages in black and white. They said .pdfs are their drug of choice. The document was printed double-sided, and was spiral bound, all for just over $16 including tax. I showed this to my players and they all wanted one, so I went back and made six more copies. The spiral binding added $4.99 to the cost, but was well worth it.
A few questions:
What's the best format to bring it in? Burned to CD, jump drive, etc.
Have you ever done this with something you had to purchase, and if so, was the name stamp in the file and a matching photo ID enough?
they wanted 32 bucks to print the double sided color version of alpha at office despot or raples! I was freaked, because the hardcover is projected at around that price! I had 'em do it in b+w for around 10 bucks...I figured out how to pull it off at work and now I just bring them the pages and they bind it in spiral with a clear plastic cover and a black or blue back for $1.50 whEE!
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What's the best format to bring it in? Burned to CD, jump drive, etc. Have you ever done this with something you had to purchase, and if so, was the name stamp in the file and a matching photo ID enough?
For format best to call where you're bringing it to, different stores have different capacity at any given time.
Yes an id is a good idea if you have a pdf that is watermarked. :)
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What's the best format to bring it in? Burned to CD, jump drive, etc. Have you ever done this with something you had to purchase, and if so, was the name stamp in the file and a matching photo ID enough?For format best to call where you're bringing it to, different stores have different capacity at any given time.
Yes an id is a good idea if you have a pdf that is watermarked. :)
Should I worry about them STILL not printing it even if I do have an ID?
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I printed up a color copy of the Alpha playtest at my parent's place (small business owners with a color printer), then took it to Kinko's and had it spiral bound for about $6 with the smudge-proof clear cover and black vinyl backpage.
One of my players printed it up at work in B&W for free, 3-hole punched it, and put it in one of those presentation binders (not the big three ring kind, the light weight paper kind), cost him all of $2 for the binder (which I think he had already).
A few questions:
What's the best format to bring it in? Burned to CD, jump drive, etc.
Have you ever done this with something you had to purchase, and if so, was the name stamp in the file and a matching photo ID enough?
Most print shops prefer pdf on a disk or jump drive. Easier and more stable to deal with.
-Weylin Stormcrowe
