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nice printer Anonymous
hey /po/pplers,
i've got this really nice laser color printer at work, and it's just sitting there, waiting for some detailed papercrafts. i just printed out the guy fawkes mask but i could do that at home.

tl;dr gimme some detailed papercraft.
>> Anonymous
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GlaDOS
>> Anonymous
Be carefull when scoring laser prints, toner can make ugly folds.
>> Anonymous
quoting the previous anon
you can score the lines from the back of the paper, but you have to trace points with a pencil maybe over a window or a glass table with a lamp under it.

laser printers lay a thin film of toner on the paper and scoring with a (even blunted) knife or a used pen or even just folding the paper may break this thin film and the model will look ugly.

inkjet printers are way better for papercraft, the ink gets inside the paper so it can be scored without consequences. an alternate is a photographic printer
>> Anonymous
OP here
thanks for the advice, but i still prefer this printer to any inkjets i've tried. though that says more about the pieces of crap i owned than anything else.
>> Anonymous
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Right. The effect of crappy looking models will be multiplied tenfold if you try for cardstock, too... with inkjets, at least you have a chance of not having white edges, but laser? Forget it.
>> Anonymous
>>187088
I have this printer at home. Bought some 200 g/m2 paper for it recently.

>>187183
Fixed with marker in two minutes. I used black CD marker and black gel pens. Just apply it right on the white edge.
>> Anonymous
>>187191
lol so do i
>> Anonymous
I too have a commercial laser printer for work, and it'd be a crime not to use it for /po/ stuff. Anyone know of any varnishes or laminations that you can apply on top of laser print so it doesn't crack when folded?
>> Anonymous
That's really the problem; if you were to varnish or laminate a piece of paper and then fold it, you'd end up cracking it. Laser printing is more like varnishing paper... hence, the random problems.

If you work with normal weight paper, try not to crease or score too hard, and take your time, you will get superb results.
>> TheContruibuter
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Crazy detail and difficulty
>> Anonymous
yeah go with the eva model in the last post, it's crazy detailed and A fun build. It is pretty large though, like 60cm. I think, I don't remember. I would print 2 pages per sheet and it would still be easy to build.