>
>>I've sent some color gifs/jpgs there to be printed (mind you it's $3+ a page,
>>so I don't do it often) and they do a pretty damn good job... unless you look
>>REALLY closely (like, with a magnifying glass), you can't tell it's a
>>printout.
>
>>Possibly there's someplace similar near you?

> At U of Waterloo, here, you can print your files on a Canon CLC-400 Colour
> Laser Copier.  They charge $1.00 for 8.5x11, and $1.50 for 11x17 (That's
> Canuck bucks, so around $0.70 and $1.05 US)

> The quality is pretty good, although the black toner is highly reflective;
> it's distracting if you have a light source behind you.
[...]
> BTW, apparently students printing out anime posters make up a big chunk of
> their business.  Neat, huh.

Yup.  I printed out about 40 or 50 posters at the end of last term (during
exams, no less), most of them 11x17s.  It took quite a few tries to figure
out the proper color balance: that printer mostly oversaturates the colours,
and tends to emphasize red and drop green.  After i'd experimented and found
the right combination of filters to apply, i got some really nice results.

I made a couple for a friend of mine, too (a GOOD friend, for he was the one
who lent me his Video Girl Ai tapes!), and--get this--he got them LAMINATED
for about a THIRD of what it should have cost him because the cashier at the
print shop screwed up.  Grrr... ^_^


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