Instruction cards...Dont fit?

GameyMcGame

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I've always like printing custom freeplay and instruction cards for my pins...But I cant seem to get all of them to 'fit' my pins.

As an example, using the cards on pinrebel.com I can get earthshaker to fit but fishtales and whirlwind just wont work. When I scale them (to say, 85% to get them to fit) it cuts off part of the card instead of actually scaling them.

Anyone have similar experiences and/or solutions?

Thanks
 
Pretty sure the guy that runs Pinballrebel is local to D/FW area. If there's no direct email address on his website, you might try signing up for the Hassel's Castle mailing list..it's a bunch of Dallas pinheads, they can probably answer the question if one of us can't.
 
If they are a jpeg file right click and open with paint. Once in Paint go to the image tag at the top and use stretch/ skew to scale the image down. This will not just cut the top or bottom off but actually scale the entire photo down or up depending on the percentage like 85% or 150%. If you don't have them as a jpeg file scan and save them as a jpeg. After scaling the jpeg to a different size print it out to see if you need to adjust the size again.
 
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If they are a jpeg file right click and open with paint. Once in Paint go to the image tag at the top and use stretch/ skew to scale the image down. This will not just cut the top or bottom off but actually scale the entire photo down or up depending on the percentage like 85% or 150%. If you don't have them as a jpeg file scan and save them as a jpeg. After scaling the jpeg to a different size print it out to see if you need to adjust the size again.

All I've ever used are a PDF, or Word file.

Edward
 
If you guys can post/PM links to the ones you need resized, and for what size (actual size) card, I will do my best to get them resized for you. I'm home tonight and off tomorrow. :)
 
Some of the pdf instruction cards I've used are set to a non-american paper size (A4?). If they are, I have to change the paper size in the pdf print dialog to 'letter' and select NO scaling. I can print an A4 size to my printer, but it does some weird scaling even if I select no scaling in the print dialog.

I hope that makes sense and I hope it helps.

--Luke
 
I adjusted the DPI until they fit correctly instead of resizing the image. I got better image quality this way. Fish Tales on pinballrebel was a strange one IIRC. It took some work to get right.
 
where are the best places to print off instruction cards? some of my machines need them....currently i really need one for a 1968 gottlieb domino......the card i have is beat up!
 
It all depends on the viewing program. usually if it's a jpeg, I download it to a picture editor, tell it to convert it to the exact size I need, then print...
 
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