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Anyone know a source for A4 cardstock in the states?
I've found a few models online that I want to try out, but they're designed to be printed on A4 paper. I could try and resize them, but I want to keep them in scale. Anybody know where I can find some cardstock in the right size? Thanks a ton!
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It's not to hard to find some larger size like 11 x 17 and cut it down to A4. You can use the left over for laminating.
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A4 will print on legal size cardstock which wastes some of the cardstock.
It is also possible to glue a strip of paper on the bottom of the leading edge of the 8.5 x 11 cardstock which the printer will think is the margin. The printer then starts printing on the very edge of the 8.5 x 11. Try a 9 mm leading edge to start. This should be close but may not be exactly right for your printer. Be sure to set your printer for A4 before you print. Last edited by Zakopious; 08-16-2009 at 05:18 AM. Reason: Added information. |
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I have bought, on recommendation from some of the older wiser guard, Borden & Riley, Bleedproof paper for pens, 9x12 paper
and all I had to do is, add that paper to my printer's paper list, and select that whenever I need to print an A4 kit.
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Since I use strips of card stock in varying widths to apply glue there's no such thing as waste for me so when large media is needed I buy 67lb (I use 67lb for everything) Cover Stock (11"x17") and cut to size needed for printing (either A4 or Legal). The rest is cut into glue strips. Cover Stock is available at all major office supply stores in the states - Office Max, Office Depot, Staples.
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The cover stock is good and the Borden & Riley paper that Rick mentioned is excellent (0.01-inch/0.254mm thick) and Blick is a good mail order supplier (and also has many retail art stores scattered around the country). Their prices for Excel #11 blades are pretty good ($16.19 for a package of 100, sometimes on sale for even lower prices).
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I just tried Zakopious's trick on the VAB Indonesian U.N. Peacekeeper at 1:35 scale and unfortunatly the model ran off both ends of my paper. So it looks like some A-4 prints just wont fit on US letter size.
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I use 8.5x14, at least I can print full size and not worry about losing anything. The left over strips at each end are useful as reinforcing material, and they also make pretty good bookmarks!
Bob
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Shipping cost from Dick Blick was about the same as the cost of the paper.
Oh well
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I know that if you go to a large paper products store, Expedx for example, they will, for a price, cut down larger stock paper into any size you want down to the 1/32". Several years ago I got about 500 sheets of 45#- 23x30 card stock cut into about 4 different sizes for around $20 US.
Now it's been a few years and I'm sure prices have changed, but it's worth checking out just for the time saved in doing the cutting yourself.. good luck, SFX |
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