TIP: Before committing yourself and wasting a sheet of water slide decal paper -
Do a print on plain white copy paper.
I can bet you'll want to make some size and line width adjustments before printing on decal paper.
Cut the paper prints to size and check them on the fins and body.
The model hasn't been shot with a final gloss white yet.
The tops and bottoms will be trimmed back in Corel Draw.
I've still got to add the white stars to the blue box.
The canopy decal looks good, but is a little large for the nose cone - a simple reduction fix.
Yep -- you really do want to try a test print first. Depending on the format of the file, software used for display/print of said file, and print driver (and the default settings) the printout could end up being different from what was expected. This is especially true when dealing with graphic files such as with JPG, PNG, TIF, etc. Not so much if it's a PDF file -- though you may have to be careful about "size to fit" vs "print as 100%" (preferred setting).
ReplyDeleteSometimes where "print as 100%" doesn't give you the result you want if the printer margins are wider than the original author had accounted for (resulting in parts of the printout getting clipped along the edges). The printable area on page could vary depending on the make/model of printer -- so you often have to find a happy balance between filling up as much of the page as possible, or having a lot of "wasted space" due to having wide margins.
Hi Naoto,
DeleteAND - I've always got to remind myself to set the paper size at 8 1/2" x 11"! Otherwise, you get a photograph size 4" x 6" print.
Ah yes, another setting you may need to remember to check when dealing with some image files in some applications is the DPI setting. Sometimes the value in the image file (if present) is honored, and sometimes not (often overridden with the setting of the printer).
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