Has Anyone Tried Professional Printing?

[Showdown35]

I've been looking around at options for printing my card designs. I assumed it would be ridiculously expensive to get them printed professionally, then I came across http://www.makeplayingcards.com/. It looks like they can do a pretty sizable amount of cards (each single card with custom front and back) for a very decent price. I was looking at printing 216 cards and the quote is $50!

My question is this, has anyone tried this site for printing or know anyone who did? If so, how did they turn out?

[Anderas]

I didn't. But i would be very interested in a similar service in Europe!

[cornixt]

I have not used that service, but I have used Artscow/Cowcow and Printerstudio, with acceptable results.

[Baylor_OgreBane]

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/
I used these guys for a card game that I did a while back and they were very good, nicely set out, easy to use and lots of guides, probably around the same price range too.

[herman_the_german]

Use Artscow and wait for coupons, that's whay I do.
There's a 3 decks x $18 coupon every once in a while and I use the heck out of it.

[slev]

Have used Artscow and Printerstudio in the past. They are both good, depending on what you're after.

[Showdown35]

So it looks like Printerstudio and MPC are pretty much the exact same. MPC has a few more options for paper quality and can do a larger amount of cards at once, but is a few dollars more.

The Game Crafter looks to be a about $10 cheaper (for a 216 card deck), but only has one type of paper (305gsm)

Artscow (without coupons) is close to the highest price point (on par with MPC), but has far fewer options and only 280gsm paper.

Looks like I have some decisions to make. I'm leaning towards printerstudio because it is a Canadian company (I live in Ontario). I called their office to find out if their prices are in Canadian Funds, because if they are, they are actually substantially cheaper than MPC, just waiting to hear back from them. This could seal the deal...

[Showdown35]

And thank you for the responses! It is nice to have some options to look at, and I appreciate the suggestions!

[Stoner81]

Anybody found anything like this for Europe/UK area?

Stoner81.

[Anderas]

Yes

http://www.meinspiel.de/selbstgestaltet ... en-drucken

Sitting in Hamburg, he has not a long way to post to the UK
I am currently changing my cards format to 91x59 mm to comply. I found several websites offering card printing service, but no site with a matching format for Hero Quest.