Printing - Revision history

Andrew Oakley at 12:00, 28 July 2014

2014-07-28T12:00:38Z

Andrew Oakley: /* Printing on the day at the venue */

2013-08-05T10:56:27Z

‎Printing on the day at the venue

Andrew Oakley: /* Predominantly white / -> / Background must be white */

2013-08-05T10:55:57Z

/* Predominantly white */ -> - ‎Background must be white

Andrew Oakley at 10:53, 5 August 2013

2013-08-05T10:53:45Z

Andrew Oakley: Edit down to the essentials

2013-07-12T11:59:44Z

Edit down to the essentials

Andrew Oakley at 16:33, 18 April 2013

2013-04-18T16:33:15Z

Andrew Oakley at 16:31, 18 April 2013

2013-04-18T16:31:40Z

Andrew Oakley: /* Restrictions */

2013-04-18T16:14:06Z

‎Restrictions

Andrew Oakley: /* Restrictions */

2013-04-18T16:13:46Z

‎Restrictions

Andrew Oakley: /* Restrictions */

2013-04-18T16:13:02Z

‎Restrictions

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 It is '''your responsibility''' to check with me '''before''' the event to confirm that this printing has happened. I recommend you bring at least one copy of everything yourself, or your files on a USB/SD memory card, so we can run off extra copies if I fail to print what you need in advance.
-All the advance bulk printing will be done at home prior to Saturday morning, using an office double-sided colour laser printer. This will '''not''' be available at the venue, it is too large to move about.
+All the advance bulk printing will be done at home prior to Saturday morning, using an office double-sided colour laser printer. This printer will '''not''' be available at the venue, it is too large to move about. The printer at the venue will be a cheap inkjet.
 ===Acceptable file formats===
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 * Documents 6 pages or fewer will be printed onto A4, double-sided
-* Documents 7 pages or more will be printed as an A5 stapled booklet (A4 folded in half, double-sided). Maximum 40 pages. Please keep your document as A4, I will deal with the resizing.
+* Documents 7 pages or more will be printed as an A5 stapled booklet (A4 folded in half, double-sided). Maximum 20 pages. Please keep your document as A4, I will deal with the resizing.
 If you want something different, just ask.

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−	At the venue I may bring a monochrome single-sided inkjet printer & Linux laptop, which will be able to read all the formats listed above such as MS-Word and PDF, but please avoid relying on this. The laptop should also have Internet access (over mobile 3G) but again please avoid relying on this.	+	At the venue I may bring a monochrome single-sided inkjet printer/scanner/photocopier & Linux laptop, which will be able to read all the formats listed above such as MS-Word and PDF, but please avoid relying on this. The laptop should also have Internet access (over mobile 3G) but again please avoid relying on this.

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 * How many copies of each document you require - if you're sending more than one document, state the name of each document together with the number of copies of each document, e.g. "6x player-brief.pdf and 2x storyguide.pdf please"
-===Predominantly white===
+===Background must be white===
-Each page must be '''predominantly white''' or a very pale near-white colour. No whole pages of black or colour please, it uses up too much toner. No full-page photos unless they're predominantly white/pale. A small number of half-page photos are fine. If you're printing maps, then the colour that represents the largest area should be white. If you can't work out how to adjust your map to suit this, email the picture to me and ask, and I'll probably be able to adjust it for you.
+Each page must be '''predominantly white''', i.e. the background must be white or a very pale near-white colour. No whole pages of black or colour please, it uses up too much toner. No full-page photos unless they're predominantly white/pale. A small number of half-page photos are fine. If you're printing maps, then the colour that represents the largest area should be white. If you can't work out how to adjust your map to suit this, email the picture to me and ask, and I'll probably be able to adjust it for you.
 ===Defaults===

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 It is '''your responsibility''' to check with me '''before''' the event to confirm that this printing has happened. I recommend you bring at least one copy of everything yourself, or your files on a USB/SD memory card, so we can run off extra copies if I fail to print what you need in advance.
 ===Acceptable file formats===
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 If you want something different, just ask.
-===Printing at the venue===
+===Printing on the day at the venue===
-−
-All the bulk printing will be done at home prior to Saturday morning, using an office double-sided colour laser printer. This will '''not''' be available at the venue, it is too large to move about.
-At the venue I may bring a monochrome single-sided inkjet printer & Linux laptop, which will be able to read all the formats listed above such as MS-Word and PDF, but please avoid relying on this.
+At the venue I may bring a monochrome single-sided inkjet printer & Linux laptop, which will be able to read all the formats listed above such as MS-Word and PDF, but please avoid relying on this. The laptop should also have Internet access (over mobile 3G) but again please avoid relying on this.

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 * How many copies of each document you require - if you're sending more than one document, state the name of each document together with the number of copies of each document, e.g. "6x player-brief.pdf and 2x storyguide.pdf please"
-===Restrictions===
+===Predominantly white===
-* A4
+Each page must be '''predominantly white''' or a very pale near-white colour. No whole pages of black or colour please, it uses up too much toner. No full-page photos unless they're predominantly white/pale. A small number of half-page photos are fine. If you're printing maps, then the colour that represents the largest area should be white. If you can't work out how to adjust your map to suit this, email the picture to me and ask, and I'll probably be able to adjust it for you.
-If you are from outside Europe, please make sure that your document still makes sense when printed on A4 paper. If you're using US Letter paper, this means that your document may be shrunk slightly to fit the squatter dimensions of A4.
+===Defaults===
-* Double-sided
+* Documents 6 pages or fewer will be printed onto A4, double-sided
-If your document is more than one page long, it will be printed double-sided unless you specifically request otherwise.
+If you want something different, just ask.
-* Predominantly white
+===Printing at the venue===
-Each page must be '''predominantly white''' or a very pale near-white colour. No whole pages of black or colour please, it uses up too much toner. No full-page photos unless they're predominantly white/pale. If you're printing maps, then the colour that represents the largest area should be white. If it's a map of the sea, the sea should be white. If it's a map of land, most of the land should be white. Feel free to add a green or blue border to coastlines to highlight the fact that they're coastlines, but for heaven's sake don't fill in the whole map with colour.
+All the bulk printing will be done at home prior to Saturday morning, using an office double-sided colour laser printer. This will '''not''' be available at the venue, it is too large to move about.
-If you can't work out how to adjust your map to suit this, email it to me as an .svg or .png and ask, and I'll probably be able to adjust it for you.
+At the venue I may bring a monochrome single-sided inkjet printer & Linux laptop, which will be able to read all the formats listed above such as MS-Word and PDF, but please avoid relying on this.
-−
-* Large documents
-−
-If you send a file with more than 6 pages, I will print it as an A5 booklet (A4 folded in half and bound together with a staple). If it's more than 20 pages, I will only print one or two copies.
-−
-No more than 40 pages per document, please.
-−
-* Large files
-−
-No more than 60MB total attachment size please. Use a .zip file if this is a problem.
-−
-* Colour
-−
-Printing is onto cheap matt A4 photocopier paper. Colours usually come out fine on this, because it's laser toner rather than inkjet. As with any RGB->CMYK conversion, though, saturated colours may appear darker on the page than on the screen. I am heavily colour blind, so I may not notice this.
-−
-===Equipment===
-−
-At home, I have a [http://www.support.xerox.com/support/phaser-6130/documentation/enus.html?fileLanguage=en_GB Xerox 6130DN] double-sided A4 colour laser network printer. This is a massive full-sized office laser printer. It is connected to a number of Ubuntu Linux computers running Libre Office, plus one Microsoft Windows 8 computer running Microsoft Office 2010. All of them also run Adobe Reader.
-−
-At the venue I may bring a monochrome single-sided inkjet printer & Linux laptop, but you should not rely on this. I certainly won't be bringing a massive full-sized office laser printer.

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 If you are a [[People#Story Guide|Story Guide]] - i.e. if you are running a game - then you can order bulk A4 double-sided colour laser printing in advance.
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 '''[mailto:andrew&#064;aoakley.com andrew&#064;aoakley.com]'''
-It is '''your responsibility''' to check with me '''before''' the event to confirm that this printing has happened.
+It is '''your responsibility''' to check with me '''before''' the event to confirm that this printing has happened. I recommend you bring at least one copy of everything yourself, or your files on a USB/SD memory card, so we can run off extra copies if I fail to print what you need in advance.
 ===Acceptable file formats===
 * '''PDF is most preferred''' - very strongly the most preferred
 * Microsoft Word .doc and .docx are accepted
 * OpenOffice and LibreOffice .odt is accepted
 * Bitmap images .jpg , .png and .gif are accepted
 * Vector images .svg and .wmf are accepted
 ===Restrictions===
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 No more than 40 pages per document, please.
 ===Equipment===
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 At home, I have a [http://www.support.xerox.com/support/phaser-6130/documentation/enus.html?fileLanguage=en_GB Xerox 6130DN] double-sided A4 colour laser network printer. This is a massive full-sized office laser printer. It is connected to a number of Ubuntu Linux computers running Libre Office, plus one Microsoft Windows 8 computer running Microsoft Office 2010. All of them also run Adobe Reader.
-Printing is onto cheap matt A4 photocopier paper.
+Printing is onto cheap matt A4 photocopier paper. Colours come out fine on this, because it's laser toner rather than inkjet. As with any RGB->CMYK conversion, saturated colours may appear darker on the page than on the screen.
 At the venue I may bring a monochrome single-sided inkjet printer & Linux laptop, but you should not rely on this. I certainly won't be bringing a massive full-sized office laser printer.

Printing - Revision history

Andrew Oakley at 12:00, 28 July 2014

Andrew Oakley: /* Printing on the day at the venue */

Andrew Oakley: /* Predominantly white */ -> /* Background must be white */

Andrew Oakley at 10:53, 5 August 2013

Andrew Oakley: Edit down to the essentials

Andrew Oakley at 16:33, 18 April 2013

Andrew Oakley at 16:31, 18 April 2013

Andrew Oakley: /* Restrictions */

Andrew Oakley: /* Restrictions */

Andrew Oakley: /* Restrictions */

Andrew Oakley: /* Predominantly white / -> / Background must be white */