Golden Fleece 30 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I know it's a free one Ray but my printer will not print the the colours as you saw with the SR wagon, that should have been a rich brown. I wanted to go to the local town yesterday to a printers but due to the weather did not go. Today it is worse as the little one's school is shut. I only use my printer these days for testing the scale etc and not to use. I do have a few of the Wordsworth ones I did before the issues. Garry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 It`s a strange problem you`re having,it may be that one cartridge isn`t printing correctly,a nozzle check would soon show that.Other than that,it would seem that your printer is duff but seeing as you seem to have problems with printers,it maybe the editing or pc software at fault.What photo printing programme do you use?. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Fleece 30 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 It`s a strange problem you`re having,it may be that one cartridge isn`t printing correctly,a nozzle check would soon show that.Other than that,it would seem that your printer is duff but seeing as you seem to have problems with printers,it maybe the editing or pc software at fault.What photo printing programme do you use?. Ray. I have never had much luck with printers from 20years ago, lost count how many I have had. I run the software nozzle cleaners, twice, using their secondary clean. The alignment settings are always spot on but even new cartridges will be classed as empty. As for the PC it was the same with my old one and even now if I try the laptops. I just use the print facility from the PC whether it is Cad, Paint, JPEG etc. Garry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I did print off one of your thumbnails through Photo shop & got the correct colours,iwas going to scan it but the printer has gone into sulk mode & is now refusing to scan,might be a new printer for me now & i`ve just put a new colour cartdrige in . Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I did print off one of your thumbnails through Photo shop & got the correct colours,iwas going to scan it but the printer has gone into sulk mode & is now refusing to scan,might be a new printer for me now & i`ve just put a new colour cartdrige in . Ray Been there, Done that.... I've even broken my rule with printers and taken out an extended guarantee! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Been there, Done that.... I've even broken my rule with printers and taken out an extended guarantee! Just ordered a new Canon MX495,£54 delivered from Wex photographic ,takes different inks though.I`ll run my old one until the ink runs out cos it prints ok. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I hope you don`t mind Garry,i`ve enhanced your wagons so if you ever get a printer that works or put them on a stick & take them to your printer. Cheers,Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) I did`nt resize them because I didn’t know what the scale reduction is.These are on an A4 sheet. Ray. Edited March 1, 2018 by sagaguy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Fleece 30 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I did`nt resize them because I didn’t know what the scale reduction is. Ray. I have just come across that problem Ray. I saved them when I scanned them as a Jpeg but no way of printing to scale so re scanned as a PDF which allows me to then print at 76%. Just tried yours and it is larger than 00 scale. Garry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) They are on an A4 print if that helps. Ray. Edited March 1, 2018 by sagaguy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 If you have Microsoft paint,you should be able to resize & save as a JPEG. RAY. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Fleece 30 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 They are on an A4 print if that helps. Ray. I saved the print you put on which is probably why it is bigger as Merco's papers are all different sizes and not A4. It is not too far out but I don't know how to scale it for printing. Garry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Fleece 30 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 If you have Microsoft paint,you should be able to resize & save as a JPEG. RAY. Just seen the % button which I never use, I always use the pixel button which might be the same. Garry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Just seen the % button which I never use, I always use the pixel button which might be the same. Garry There should be a size reduction facility in the printer properties dialogue,75%seem to be the right reduction from 00 size. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Fleece 30 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 There should be a size reduction facility in the printer properties dialogue,75%seem to be the right reduction from 00 size. Ray. . Cannot look at anything now Ray as Keyboard has stopped working, all this is done on my phone. Garry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagaguy Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Sounds like the scanner on my printer,that seems terminal. Ray. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodshaw Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I like following TT-related matters but I think this particular thread is being somewhat overused. Would it not be better to start new topics for current projects and leave this one for 'nostalgia'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Fleece 30 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I like following TT-related matters but I think this particular thread is being somewhat overused. Would it not be better to start new topics for current projects and leave this one for 'nostalgia'?With the heading as it states I thought this was nostalgic Rod with Tri-ang TT track used, Tri-ang TT stock, old Bec kits etc and more recently Merco and Bilteezi mentioned. After the first few posts, unless I made a comment there seems to be very little, if anything, said. I can only think of one other layout mentioned, which was recently, so where are all the "nostalgic" layouts hiding, surely I cannot be the only one around or because I am building it now does that mean it is not nostalgic? Garry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 With the heading as it states I thought this was nostalgic Rod with Tri-ang TT track used, Tri-ang TT stock, old Bec kits etc and more recently Merco and Bilteezi mentioned. After the first few posts, unless I made a comment there seems to be very little, if anything, said. I can only think of one other layout mentioned, which was recently, so where are all the "nostalgic" layouts hiding, surely I cannot be the only one around or because I am building it now does that mean it is not nostalgic? Garry Hi Garry (and Rod) I for one am enjoying this thread very much. I had TT-3 as a youngster so am finding it very nostalgic but also interesting. I had Mike Bryant's book First Steps in TT-3 at the time (I have it again now) so I'm especially enjoying your efforts to build the proprietary version of his Pint-Pot layout that was in the MRC series but AFAIK never actually built till now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Fleece 30 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 (edited) A little bit further on, our little one helping put some static grass down and then I have made the long retaining wall. At the moment it is loose but this later will be glued and screwed to the upper level so that it makes the termius one complete and separate unit. Our little one has had a practice shunting 3 wagons onto different lines and knows which points to change for a specific route, more than what my wife did, she got it wrong lol. Thankfully I can get the layout back into the kitchen to work on, only 2 weeks to the show. Garry Edited March 4, 2018 by Golden Fleece 30 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 You're taking this to Howden are you? Looking forward to seeing it if you are. I'll see you there - with my 'Peforia Narrows' layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Fleece 30 Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 You're taking this to Howden are you? Looking forward to seeing it if you are. I'll see you there - with my 'Peforia Narrows' layout. That's right, see you in a couple of weeks time. Garry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NCB Posted March 4, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2018 Looking good, Garry. Keep it up! Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Fleece 30 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 I found a local printers who printed my scans out at TT scale, this was onto A3 paper, at a cost of only £1.10 a sheet so I got all the ones I have obtained done. At that price I am not bothered about trying to sort 4 pdfs onto one A3 sheet. For them to scan it is about £4.00 extra which they will have to do for me later as some sheets are bigger than A4 as well as some building sheets. I will have to look out for more of these sheets now I know how easy it is to get done. Garry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted March 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2018 I found a local printers who printed my scans out at TT scale, this was onto A3 paper, at a cost of only £1.10 a sheet so I got all the ones I have obtained done. At that price I am not bothered about trying to sort 4 pdfs onto one A3 sheet. For them to scan it is about £4.00 extra which they will have to do for me later as some sheets are bigger than A4 as well as some building sheets. I will have to look out for more of these sheets now I know how easy it is to get done. Garry Great idea and almost certainly, they'll have a better printer than you. The big issue is getting them to scale down correctly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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