Monday, May 9, 2011

Incredible Pete Print-out Walk-through!

     Okay, to eliminate some confusion and help you guys and gals print out and make your own copies of Incredible Pete, I'm giving you a step by step walk-through!
     First, print out the front and back cover:
     This is made to be folded hamburger style and stapled in the middle, so the front cover is on the right and the back cover is on the left. What I did when printing also was make a small mark in the bottom left hand corner of the paper in your printing before printing. This will let you know what side your printer prints on and such. This will be very important to know later on.
     So, now that you have the cover and back cover printed out, place this sheet back into the printer the way that you want using your bottom left hand corner as a guideline of orientation. You will then print out this image (pages 1 and 10):
     You want to print this out so that page 10 (the one with "THE END" on it) is directly on the other side of the paper as the back cover, and that page 1 is on the other side of the front cover. You also want to make sure that when folded, the cover and page 1 are not upside down from each other, and should both be facing upright.
     Now, on a new sheet of paper, print out this page (pages 2 and 9). If you want you can make another mark in the bottom left hand corner:
     Keep in mind that this one of those weird pages again, so page 9 is actually on the left hand side, and page 2 is on the left. Place this sheet in your printer's paper tray the same way you did with the cover and print out the next set of pages (pages 3 and 7):
     Page 3 should be on the back side of page 2, and page 7 on the back of page 8. You should have two full pages of images printed on both sides of the page. You can fold these in half hamburger style and place them together so that when you turn the pages like a book, they should appear in the correct order.
     Next up is page 4 and 7, which should be printed on a new sheet of paper:
     Hopefully, you've figured out by now how to correctly place the paper in the printer so that you can print out pages 5 and 6:
     This is the centerfold of the comic. You should fold all three of your full pages in half hamburger style, and make sure to flip through to double check that the pages are in the correct order. 
     Now for stapling. I usually put two staples in the middle of the pages like an actual magazine or comic book, but I'm sure there are other ways to accomplish this effect. To do this, use either a large enough stapler that can reach the middle of a full sheet of computer paper from the edge, or simply bend the pages a little at the edge so that the stapler can reach the middle. Staple accordingly, so that the back of the staple is on the outside of the comic book, and on between pages 5 and 6 you should see the teeth of the staples sticking through.
     That's about it. Enjoy!



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