General questions

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Originally Posted by -Jim G

I quit trying to print my own... Ink can be expensive, and as you are noticing, ink doesn't hold up well when being handled.

Instead I get my models laser printed at my local FedEx store. The finish is semi gloss, and is very durable. I spend about $1.50 per sheet. I don't need spray finish. The toner does not fleck off like lasers that I had used a few years ago.

Originally Posted by -Jim G

For scoring, I dulled the blade of an X-Acto with sand paper. I put that blade in an holder that does not look, or feel, like the holders that I use for sharp blades.

From my brief experience, I do the same too.
Before going to the local print center, I compose one pdf file for each paper weight I need, using PDFTK (the Swiss army knife for pdf documents ), adjusting scale, rotation, and so on, and naming them as "print_120.pdf", "print_160.pdf", "print_200.pdf", so I just have to ask to print them at 100%, no rotation on the related paper weight.