Looking to print a cityscape backdrop

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today tracklayer sent me an email

he got me motovated

I have access to a $30,000 printer and need a eps or clipart file

I want to print a boston skyline and have been looking for sometime

now I turn to the best I turn to you

I can just walk down to the charles river and snap a photo but…

thats not the best way to get this awsome printer to spit out a file

thanks for checking out my thread

K

p.s mark hope you find out whats up with that computer

just copy your photos and email and reload that thing

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Your are going to want a VERY high resolution digital image - a Canon 5D or equivalent 12+MP should be a starting point, with a top quality lens.

Next software, PhotoShop or PaintShopPro; either can write out the EPS file you need.

You should make several smaller prints to tweak the image to your tastes before doing the big one.

Good Luck.

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hey thanks Nigel

but I was hoping to get the leg work done with a file I can just print

I did see sometime ago a website with some awsome backdrop files

steel mill’s, grain operations, and other midwest type industrial companies

my camera is only 3.2 mp guess I need to upgrade

just seemed like a good idea to use this roland xp-540 printer to make a bad a$$ backdrop

thanks for being the only one that gave a response

Ken

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Just a thought - I wonder if Sceniking or Backdrop warehouse would sell you a file of the backdrop you wanted so that you could prit it out yourself.

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I still want that backdrop

I even made my own city but I can see its a lot of work

looks like walthers backdrop is the way to go!

Ken

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I googled for “Boston panorama photo” and found a bunch. Here are 2 examples.

or

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SceniKing U011+U012+U028 = 16.5 feet of cityscape for HO

http://www.sceniking.com

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thanks mr b

thats an awsome photo the other was not showing up

also I will have to check out that SceniKing website

K