TalyQ
07-17-2009, 03:56 AM
Hi, I live in Serbia. So far I have usually made my layouts in A4 format and printed on my old Epson on A4 high quality paper. The layouts were just automatically reduced by the printing margin. I then put them in regular A4 ring binders in sheet protectors (just regular, no acid-free).
I am kind of tired of the format and would love to try the square format that most people here use. I think there is more freedom with that. Till now I thought I had no chance to do that, since I don't have a A3 printer, and I didn't find any place to print my layouts, except for the photo place and they charge extreme fees for it.
But after I read the whole "which format do you use" poll thread, I discovered that a lot of scrappers actually print on 8x8 instead of 12x12. I calculated that I could print a 8x8 layout on a A4 paper, even if I don't print borderless (which my new Canon can do as well). There would be a scrap strip, but that could be use for making some bookmarks or similar gifts.
I have asked a friends who is visiting from the US, to bring me a 8x8 scrapbook album to get me started, but I want to know if they are available here in Europe (like Germany, Austria) as well, so I could buy them on future trips or ask my relatives who live there to bring me some. Or what kind of albums/sizes do other European scrappers use? Thank you.
I am kind of tired of the format and would love to try the square format that most people here use. I think there is more freedom with that. Till now I thought I had no chance to do that, since I don't have a A3 printer, and I didn't find any place to print my layouts, except for the photo place and they charge extreme fees for it.
But after I read the whole "which format do you use" poll thread, I discovered that a lot of scrappers actually print on 8x8 instead of 12x12. I calculated that I could print a 8x8 layout on a A4 paper, even if I don't print borderless (which my new Canon can do as well). There would be a scrap strip, but that could be use for making some bookmarks or similar gifts.
I have asked a friends who is visiting from the US, to bring me a 8x8 scrapbook album to get me started, but I want to know if they are available here in Europe (like Germany, Austria) as well, so I could buy them on future trips or ask my relatives who live there to bring me some. Or what kind of albums/sizes do other European scrappers use? Thank you.