I need some help.
I have been reading the forums and some great advice, but I still need some direction on printing my game board.
My specs are a 19.5 in X 19.5 in image.
I went to The Printing House and they quoted me $50 for an image on an adhesive!
I plan to purchase a 20 in. X 20 in. plain game board (the 4 folds) and then glue my image on top.
Can someone tell me another options for printing (the kind of paper I should request, printing places and adhesives) as well as where I can find cheap already made game boards (the 4 folds).
thanks.
The best place to get a 20 x 20 quad fold baord is in the Protoparts store.
As for the image, there are a variety of ways to get your image onto the baord. For just prototyping, tile your image to fit onto as many 8.5 x 11 pieces of paper as you need. Trim them and use spray adhesive to mount them to the board. If you don't like the idea of spray adhesive, you can print your image tiles onto a letter-sized label (Avery makes some, I think they're called correction stickers or something) that will already have the adhesive on the back.
For a more finished product, your options are a little more limited. You can still tile and print your image, but the quality may not be as high as you want. Since the image will need to be scored for the quad fold board, you can have the printer print 2 half-board sized images (if that would be cheaper). Another cost savings would be to have your printer skip the adhesive and use spray glue on your finished trimmed artwork.
Best of luck!