Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/01/03/create-and-print-your-own-perf.html
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Certain presets, like calendar blanks and graph paper, were built in to a previous inkjet printer of mine. Only used them once, just to see if it worked :-/ (consume… consume…)
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Hexes are hard to do, freehand, but I can get Excel to make graph paper without even breaking a sweat.
What if I need Penrose tiled paper for a really strange RPG?
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I’ve used the graph paper option on my printer a few times. I don’t need graph paper all that often, but when I do it’s nice to have the option available.
What I’d really like is the ability to store a handful of simple pages on the printer so I can run them off quick without having to fire up the computer. Just hit the button and BAM, generic Battletech Mech Sheet ready to go.
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Try printing these:
or if you have a high budget, look for something like these:
Then, obviously, give me a copy of that RPG.
Maybe write it up as a Fate world.
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looks clever, but only printed blank pages on my machine.
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I’ll have to see how it compares to the offerings at https://incompetech.com/graphpaper/. I use that one regularly.
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Great link, I’m saving this and I’ll definitely try it out.
Perhaps also of interest: a very different, much more old-school approach to the DIY graph paper situation:
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adobe illustrator works for me. gridzzly didn’t print anything.
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I figured out how to do hexagonal groups of triangles with pictures in Photoshop. Sort of related.
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beat me to it. that’s my go-to as well
I’d like to use the spider graph paper from this site to represent movement and line of sight in a world where the laws of physics are different than in our universe. Or the previously mentioned penrose pattern if I’m upset with the gamers.
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Then I will want to play with you.
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I was hoping for an isometric grid.
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Some of the newer printers will print from a USB stick…so maybe a thing to look for next time you need to buy one.
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Good enough for government work.
Does that mean it doesn’t work very well? Whenever we say that it’s intended to mean “Meh, close enough.”
My trusty Brother laser doesn’t do a good job with it, but laser never does with this sort of thing. I imagine it would be a lot better if I were enough of a sucker to own an inkjet.
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Probs easier to get a stack printed at a local printer, depending on the cost i suppose. Alternatively if you have a printer at work you can just crank a bunch out there.
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I’m curious, why wouldn’t a laser printer work as well as an inkjet?
Sadly I bought one designed to last for a very long time, so I won’t be in the market for a new one anytime soon.
