[Fluxx] Printers and Fluxx Blanxx

[Carol Townsend]

Thanks Chris!

And I have a feeling that Kristin will give the OK to share the
copyrighted material -  but as you say, it's always good to ask!

I'll post this on the edu-list!   You rock!
Carol

On 4/30/06, Chris Kice <me at chriskice.com> wrote:
> I've had good luck printing on an HP laser printer.  I attach three
> cards to a piece of light cardstock with 3M removable 2-sided tape.  I
> do seal them, however, with a coat of Krylon clear matte spray paint.
> (Laser toner tends to stick if it's against a flat, shiny surface and I
> was afraid the cards would stick together if stored in the deck for some
> time.)
>
> How I do the printing:
>
>  - I use a set of Photoshop templates that I created.  Each card is a
> group of layers with the outline, card face, text elements, and (if
> applicable) keeper icons.  I just drag the cards I want into a new
> document and create my cards.
>
>  - Next, I hide all layers except the card outline and face and print
> that on a piece of cardstock.
>
>  - With the outlines as my guide, I attach Fluxx Blanxx to the cardstock
> using 3M removable two-sided tape.  I only print three Blanxx at a time
> and situate them in a straight line across the center of the page with
> the page in "portrait" orientation.
>
>  - In Photoshop, I hide all the layers except the text elements and
> icons and print again.  My printer (HP4000) has a door in back that
> allows printed material to go straight through the printer without
> having to navigate any curves.
>
>  - After peeling the cards and removing the tape, I then spray them with
> a coat or two of Krylon clear matte spray paint to seal in the print.
>
> I'd be happy to share my Photoshop templates, but they do contain
> copyrighted material from Looney Labs (icons, card design) so I'd need
> an official okay before doing so.  I also have a Photoshop file that
> contains keeper icons from Fluxx 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.1 and most of the
> promo cards (along with Poison from EcoFluxx) as separate layers that
> I'd also share with the same conditions.  (The icons are all "Goal"
> sized and probably wouldn't scale up well if you wanted to use them on
> Keepers instead.)
>
> Here is a sample of some of my work (100K picture):
> http://www.nekurasplayground.com/images/newfluxxcards.jpg
>
> Chris
>
>
> Carol Townsend wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > We've been having a discussion over on the edu-list about dealing w/
> > blank cards.  Here's the salient point from a teacher, about what's
> > available at school:
>
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