Ye Olde Inn

I'm looking to print out my own cards ... I was curious as to what kind of card stock should be used so that the cards I make are close to the thinkness of the standard cards... Thx

I'm not sure, so I'm sort of no help... But if you want consistency in your cards, you could re-print all the cards so they'd all be on similar cardstock.

I have no idea what kind of stock is used. When I got my sets printed, I just took an original card down to the print shop and asked for something similar.

drathe wrote:I have no idea what kind of stock is used. When I got my sets printed, I just took an original card down to the print shop and asked for something similar.

I did that too, the guy in the print shop was useless.

well I got myself some 8 1/2 by 11'' 110lb card stock and it seems like its not the right thickness... on top of that... having a hard time printing double sided ... the images on the front of the card don't quite match up with the back... think I'll look at getting a different thickness of card.

I would recommend 160g/m^2.
It's not the same thickness as the original cards (of my german gameset), but it has a undenieable benefit:
while beeing fairly stiff and feeling "cardboardlike", it still fits in almost all printers. Heavier paper will not work with most inkjets.
I use it for papercraft, and found it well suited for that.

I use Austria-Papier (I do not know if this is available anywhere but in Austria) for the text side. It has even a slight glossy effect, and is good for almost all printers. For the colour side (mostly back of cards) I am now experimenting with DIN A4 sticker sheets to glue onto the Austria-paper cardboard. Up to ten cards fit easily on DIN A4 sheets. I have not completed a set, though, so I cannot tell yet how this will work out, but the text side did go well so far (did it with other backs, not on sticker sheets, before)