So i finally decided to give HotAc a go.

I went to my local print shop and got the rules book printed.

But the deck cards, terrain and stat cards are on weird paper sizes (8.5x11 or 12x18), i did let them print the stat cards on A4 but of course then they are a lot smaller, which isn't a big problem with those but the terrain and deck cards should be the right size.

Does anyone have these files in a format printable on A4 or A3?

Or is there a good way to print these pdfs on A4/A3 without changing the size?

I printed it on A3. You need to cut them out anyway.

where are you based? the local print-shop (near the uni) here in Karlsruhe had no problem printing the correct size

In the Netherlands. Got a

nice local printshop but she didn't know these sizes. Which version fits on a3 then? I don't mind if there is a bit too much paper.. If it fits and doesn't resize that's fine then.

Ask them to crop it to the outer cut lines on the images and print a3. Works for all bar 2 sheets which i had done on a wierd poster size just to be sure it had the space

A4 paper measures in at 210mm by 297mm (8.26" by 11.69") whereas US Letter paper measures at 8.5" by 11" (215.9mm by 279.4"). so tell them to print on US Letter paper

any printer should know this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size

A4 paper measures in at 210mm by 297mm (8.26" by 11.69") whereas US Letter paper measures at 8.5" by 11" (215.9mm by 279.4"). so tell them to print on US Letter paper

any printer should know this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size

A4 paper measures in at 210mm by 297mm (8.26" by 11.69") whereas US Letter paper measures at 8.5" by 11" (215.9mm by 279.4"). so tell them to print on US Letter paper

any printer should know this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size

Doesn't mean they have and or use the sizing unless they are a specialist, which then up's the cost. For instace the imperial size is not common here in Australia,especially away from the capitals, hence my work arounds.

its only a different paper size which you can get (online) if you need it. And still cheaper then A3 printing

another solution it to use Legal paper its the same width as American letter but even longer then A4 so every thing will fit

or get a 3d printer and print them your self

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1757441

A4 paper measures in at 210mm by 297mm (8.26" by 11.69") whereas US Letter paper measures at 8.5" by 11" (215.9mm by 279.4"). so tell them to print on US Letter paper

any printer should know this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size

Doesn't mean they have and or use the sizing unless they are a specialist, which then up's the cost. For instace the imperial size is not common here in Australia,especially away from the capitals, hence my work arounds.

its only a different paper size which you can get (online) if you need it. And still cheaper then A3 printing

It's not worth trying to get US Letter paper in a country that doesn't normally use it, especially just for one document. Because unusual sized paper is expensive. And in Australia and Europe A4 is the usual size. Most print shops will scale a document to fit the paper that's in their printers, and if that's A4, then there will be a size reduction from a document that was created in US Letter. It's usually the default setting for the printer. Just instruct the print shop to make sure they don't scale it, and that it's 100% size.

Have you tried printing them through an online service such as pixart printing? They seem to print pretty much everything and they aren't expensive.

where are you based? the local print-shop (near the uni) here in Karlsruhe had no problem printing the correct size

I printed it on a standard issue Xerox 7845 machine, using the print PDF. But I'm in Stuttgart.

where are you based? the local print-shop (near the uni) here in Karlsruhe had no problem printing the correct size

I printed it on a standard issue Xerox 7845 machine, using the print PDF. But I'm in Stuttgart.

we have an escalation tournament here in a few weeks if you are interested.... register via T3

Isn't there just a resize function for most apps?

Isn't there just a resize function for most apps?

The clouds, mine fields and space station should be printed to scale.

where are you based? the local print-shop (near the uni) here in Karlsruhe had no problem printing the correct size

I printed it on a standard issue Xerox 7845 machine, using the print PDF. But I'm in Stuttgart.

we have an escalation tournament here in a few weeks if you are interested.... register via T3

Whats that?

https://www.tabletopturniere.de/t3_tournament.php?tid=17834

Isn't there just a resize function for most apps?

The clouds, mine fields and space station should be printed to scale.

Edit: I'm shocked the print place couldn't suggest a way to get the objects printed without changing the sheet size...

Edit: Last time, I swear: on the print options screen. There's a drop down for Page Scaling. Set this to None.

I printed the 8.5x11 at home on A4 paper with no scaling. Everything was fine. For the 12x18 version A3 probably isn't big enough and A2 will be expensive and wasteful so stick to 8.5x11 on A4.

Finally enjoy HotAC, I finished my first campaign a couple of weeks ago. It's great and I'm sad to see my pilots retire.

12x18 is an odd size... Standard American size is 11x17... Metric A3 is very close to the same size as that but 12x18 misses by a fair bit. A2 is huge! Very close to twice the needed size.

Conversions:

A4 - 8.3x11.7

A3 - 11.7x16.5

Always the next size up uses the long edge of the previous size as its short edge. I've had a few A0s put on my desk and those are really funny when somebody accidentally prints a three line email on them!

Thanks, ill try 8.5x11 on A4 then.

Think ill do the terrain on sticker paper and put it on mousepad material (i have that under my ship bases too)

3d printed would sure be nice too