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Title: Printing Intellivision Overlays
Post by: milhouse on February 24, 2006, 12:09:51 pm

Does anyone have any suggestions regarding printing Intellivision overlays?  I'd like them to have the same plastic feel of the originals, so I was considering inkjet transparencies but I have only found clear ones, so anything white wouldn't come out clear.  Does anyone make printable opage plastic sheets? 

Does anyone have any cost-effective suggestions for printing out overlays on an inkjet printer?

Thanks

Title: Re: Printing Intellivision Overlays
Post by: odysseyroc on February 24, 2006, 12:13:24 pm

Inkjet ink tends to rub off of that plastic material pretty easy. You might find yourself having to reprint those things more times than they're worth.

Title: Re: Printing Intellivision Overlays
Post by: milhouse on February 24, 2006, 04:18:56 pm

Any idea if laser color would last longer? I have a professional model at work

Title: Re: Printing Intellivision Overlays
Post by: odysseyroc on February 24, 2006, 05:53:34 pm

What about printing them reverse reading and then backing it up with something. That way the printed art is sandwiched between the plastic and whatever you use to back it. I have some inkjet transparency material on hand, shoot me over an art file and I'll see if I can figure something out.

Title: Re: Printing Intellivision Overlays
Post by: odysseyroc on February 24, 2006, 11:56:53 pm

First thing I did was lay out the image 4up in photoshop. Then I flipped it horizontally so it was wrong reading. When you're using inkjet trasparency, you'll notice that one side is rough and made to accept the ink. The first time I printed it the black wasn't very dense at all, so I adjusted levels in photoshop and get a pretty nice black. Here is a pic of the  printed sheet.

(http://www.ninjatainment.com/overlay/ol1.jpg)

Next thing I did was get some 3M Super 77 and gave a sheet of white 20# bond paper a light dusting. Then I cut out one of the overlays and layed it down on the paper.

(http://www.ninjatainment.com/overlay/ol2.jpg)

I couldn't find my trusty exacto, so I just cut this one with scissors. I don't have an intellivision, so i couldn't tell you how well this thing will work in the actuall controller. It's about 1 20# bond sheet of paper thicker than the original overlays.


(http://www.ninjatainment.com/overlay/ol3.jpg)

Title: Re: Printing Intellivision Overlays
Post by: missioncontrol on February 25, 2006, 05:39:02 am

very cool indeed

Title: Re: Printing Intellivision Overlays
Post by: milhouse on February 25, 2006, 10:07:22 am

I will try it out this weekend and let you know how well it fits in an intellivision controller.

Thanks