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Spectacular printing service for Arcade art. Must see!
Minwah:
--- Quote from: Sasquatch! on January 25, 2004, 10:22:30 am ---I just received my custom-made CPO from classicarcadegrafix.com. It's 34" x 17", so they told me to just order a "Grid style 2p Mame CPO" for $45.00 and put in the notes that it was for a custom job, and then upload the photoshop file to their FTP site.
I have to admit, I'm very impressed with the quality of the print. No visible dithering or anything like that. It's printed on a self-adhesive laminated vinyl (more on that in a minute)*. The only complaint that I have is that there appears to be some kind of scuff marks or warping or some other kind of irregularity underneath the laminating of the vinyl.
I emailed them about that and was told "Sometimes there are small air pockets under the lamination, usually they disappear during shipping(24 hours or so). If it does not look better in a couple of days let me know and I will make another one."
So good print quality and good customer service! I'd definitely use them again.
* About the printed material: like I said, it's a self-adhesive laminated vinyl. It is thick and STRONG. I already had my CP planned out as being 5/8" MDF with a 1/8" of plexi on top of it (to equal 3/4" total), but honestly, this appears to be tough enough that you probably could have this be the top-most surface with no problems. They told me that they offer two different thicknesses: the thicker one that I got, or a thinner one that would be better if you were wrapping the CPO around corners.
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Thanks for posting your findings - I'm designing some CP stuff and was considering getting them printed by classicarcadegraphics...
Could you say how thick the vinyl you have actually is? I didn't realise two thicknesses are available - I'm in two minds now ::)
Sasquatch!:
Okay, I tried to take some closeup shots of it, but I'm not very good with the digital camera, because it was near impossible for me to get a shot without too much light or flash reflecting off of the whole damn thing. :-\
Here's one shot:
I'm pretty sure that it's printed on white vinyl. To that end, the black isn't quite as dark as I'd like it to be, but I think it's good enough. The lines are really crisp, and given the tradeoff between crisp lines and a lighter black, I'll take the lighter black. Also, I'm not sure if part of the reason that the black might not be so dark is because of the laminate on top of it. I actually think that IS part of the reason, but I'm not sure...
Here's another pic:
This is a picture that I sent to classicarcadegrafix when I was trying to explain the irregularity underneath the laminating. You can see it the middle of the arrows. I'm now pretty damn sure that this won't just go away, but I'll still give it a day or two before I ask classicarcadegrafix to replace it for me.
This picture also gives you a good idea of the texture of it too: it's more of a "rough" laminate - you can see it where the flash is bouncing off the surface.
Minwah: According to my caliper, the total thickness of the CPO is 0.0275".
patrickl:
Does the black come out more washed out because of the flash or is it really that "bright"? I'm kinda surprised by these pictures, since the pictures that Justin took looked a lot more vibrant (the blacks on his bezel were quite deep).
It almost looks like there is some protective film still on the CPO.
Minwah:
Those pics show the surface finish well Sasq, thanks :)
Would the 'thick' stuff you have bend around corners? Do you know if the 'thin' stuff has a similar laminate, or is it just vinyl?
Thanks for the measurement, I wasn't expecting an answer that accurate! :)
Justin:
--- Quote from: patrickl on January 25, 2004, 06:31:39 pm ---Does the black come out more washed out because of the flash or is it really that "bright"? I'm kinda surprised by these pictures, since the pictures that Justin took looked a lot more vibrant (the blacks on his bezel were quite deep).
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The main difference here is that mine was printed on plain vinyl (it was a bezel) while this is printed on texturized vinyl. Not sure if this has anything to do with the outcome of black printout, but thought I'd mention it.