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Post by opie on May 5, 2017 21:55:10 GMT
As I am starting to get to the stage of painting walls, I am looking for 'cheap', good quality ways of printing large stencils. I know I can head to staples with a USB stick and get up to A0 printed off, but that can get very pricey. I am also aware of rasterbator and blockposters which are fine for single layer pieces.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
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Post by broke on May 6, 2017 23:00:02 GMT
I use a cheap a3 printer and stitch my pages together for larger pieces, it's incredibly laborious but it saves a trip down to the printers and it will ultimately save you money in the long run. you're probably looking at around £150 for an A3 printer and £200 for A3+. never used sites like rasterbator, so I can't comment, but if you decide to go down the page stitching route, cheaper printers don't always print straight so don't print your split images to the edge of the page so you can trim them yourself. registering your layers when painting can get tricky if it's not all lined up correctly. I would also find a local print shop, they are more likely to do you a deal, especially if you will be using them a lot. my final a1 image  split a3 image  stitched stencil  hope some of that made sense, apologies if it didnt. I can talk you through my process in more detail if it's something you would be interested giving a go. |
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Post by Aza on May 10, 2017 15:52:29 GMT
What size do you need to get to opie And how many layers? |
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Post by opie on May 10, 2017 17:20:48 GMT
What size do you need to get to opie And how many layers? Looking ideally A0 and up to 9 layers |
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Post by opie on May 10, 2017 17:21:57 GMT
I use a cheap a3 printer and stitch my pages together for larger pieces, it's incredibly laborious but it saves a trip down to the printers and it will ultimately save you money in the long run. you're probably looking at around £150 for an A3 printer and £200 for A3+. never used sites like rasterbator, so I can't comment, but if you decide to go down the page stitching route, cheaper printers don't always print straight so don't print your split images to the edge of the page so you can trim them yourself. registering your layers when painting can get tricky if it's not all lined up correctly. I would also find a local print shop, they are more likely to do you a deal, especially if you will be using them a lot. my final a1 image split a3 image stitched stencil hope some of that made sense, apologies if it didnt. I can talk you through my process in more detail if it's something you would be interested giving a go. Thanks for the pointers 👍 Home printers historically hate me lol, but I do plan on getting an A3 printer in the near future. |
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Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on May 10, 2017 17:30:48 GMT
I use a cheap a3 printer and stitch my pages together for larger pieces, it's incredibly laborious but it saves a trip down to the printers and it will ultimately save you money in the long run. you're probably looking at around £150 for an A3 printer and £200 for A3+. never used sites like rasterbator, so I can't comment, but if you decide to go down the page stitching route, cheaper printers don't always print straight so don't print your split images to the edge of the page so you can trim them yourself. registering your layers when painting can get tricky if it's not all lined up correctly. I would also find a local print shop, they are more likely to do you a deal, especially if you will be using them a lot. my final a1 image split a3 image stitched stencil hope some of that made sense, apologies if it didnt. I can talk you through my process in more detail if it's something you would be interested giving a go. Thanks for the pointers 👍 Home printers historically hate me lol, but I do plan on getting an A3 printer in the near future. You can usually find an HP T120 (A1 size) printer on sale for around $700 or so.... or try Craigslist |
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Post by Aza on May 10, 2017 17:47:57 GMT
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Post by opie on May 10, 2017 19:30:06 GMT
I might just take you up on that mate
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