Any revew about this product ?
Does it use transfert sheet or direct printing ?
Eric

Anyone pick this up yet?

I watched it for the first time last night. The information is very good -- Mark Allen (the presenter) shows you how to prepare a card to accept printing, how to line everything up properly, and how to restore the glossy coating to the printed card. I'm a technical writer and I found his procedure descriptions to be above average, though he does go through things a bit quickly to catch everything the first time. That's not a big deal when you're dealing with a DVD, though.

On the down side, the presentation is below average. At times Mark sounds almost computer generated.

You do need to have several bits of equipment to do everything Mark tells you to do:

o A word processing program such as Microsoft Word (this is the only real software requirement)
o A printer that can accept 110-lb card stock paper
o A scanner or digital camera (optional but recommended)
o A graphics or page layout program (optional but recommended)

You can probably use OpenOffice (which you can find at OpenOffice.org) for your word processing needs. In fact, that's probably all you need to do the basics. You can use the Paint program that comes with Windows to create your own graphics, or find a cheap graphics program out there somewhere.

The DVD only costs $17.95, so if you have a printer, some art, and the desire to create your own cards, I can recommend plunking down a $20 bill to buy it.

Tom Frank is a friend of Mark's and he showed me some cards he had made using this process back at the Buffalo Get-Together. They look just like they were printed at the factory. Tom didn't mention that there would be a DVD available so I was pleasantly surprised to see this for sale. I haven't seen the DVD yet, so I can't tell you about the presentation but I can tell you that the cards made using the process are top quality.

Thanks Curt & Randy. That's good info to hear.

Besides being able to put pictures on the back of playing cards, do you have the abilty to make gimmickes like double facers?

Yes you can. Get double blank backs for totally custom back to back cards, and blank backers to make double facers to your specification. I suggest you use a laser printer.

Rannie

Oh sweet, I have a laser printer. I'm definately getting this.

I get my cards from http://www.customplayingcards.co.uk.

They do full-colour prints on Bicycle cards.

I just ordered this, I'll give a review once I try it out.

Ok so today I tried it out. It works great. The only problem with this I found is matching the colors correctly. I had some scanner troubles from the beginning, so I started using my digital camera, which wouldn't have worked as well as a scanner. The program he suggested for color matching didn't work on my computer for some reason. But I'm still trying to match the colors for the playing cards. As far as making the picture of rabbits, etc. on the cards, it works great the playing cards work just as well as brand new out of the factory playing cards. I highly recommend it.

Does it only works with a laser printer or can I use my inkjet as well?

Thanks,
Marco.

You can use inkjet, but the ink may smear.