• Registered: 2005-06-15
  • Posts: 94

Topic: printing your ships from the shipbuilder

Is there a good way to take multiple ships, each in different files created by the ship builder, and print them so they look good together on paper?

I'd like to reduce the amount of paper I print, so at the very least I'd like 2 ships per page.  I thought of whether I could shrink it anymore (only have 12 hull boxes, for example, if that is my limit, or move the command section to another sheet).  But it seems clear that I could print two per page.

Or does everyone print one at a time?  Or design in the builder and copy into the sheet provided by MJ12?

andy

  • From: Denver, CO
  • Registered: 2005-03-27
  • Posts: 3,578

Re: printing your ships from the shipbuilder

andyskinner wrote:

I'd like to reduce the amount of paper I print, so at the very least I'd like 2 ships per page.

This was a concern of mine, as well. But I couldn't figure out how to make Excel print two copies onto a single sheet... :?:

Daniel Kast
Majestic Twelve Games
cricket@mj12games.com

mj12games's Website

  • Registered: 2005-12-28
  • Posts: 195

Re: printing your ships from the shipbuilder

cricket wrote:
andyskinner wrote:

I'd like to reduce the amount of paper I print, so at the very least I'd like 2 ships per page.

This was a concern of mine, as well. But I couldn't figure out how to make Excel print two copies onto a single sheet... :?:

Have another Data Card worksheet that prints the design twice on one sheet.

I did this with my modified S:X shipbuilder.  I had two design worksheets (Design1, Design2), and many SSD worksheet variants to choose from: Design1, Design2, 2xDesign1, 2xDesign2, Design1 & Design2, and trimming some options (only 2 weapon types, max of 6 special equipment options) let me have 4 SSDs (2x2) per page for small ships.

  • Registered: 2006-01-17
  • Posts: 740

Re: printing your ships from the shipbuilder

:idea: When you get your Starmada Admiralty version of your previous Starmada ship designer programs up & running, don't forget to forward a copy of it up to your friend in NE Fla...  lol

Steven Gilchrist; Jacksonville, Fla, USA

  • Registered: 2008-01-01
  • Posts: 16

Re: printing your ships from the shipbuilder

(1) adjust column widths and text size of the shipbuilder cells to fit into half of a landscape page

(2) leave a gap column (about 1.5 or 2)

(3) adjust column widths on a second set of columns after the gap column to match those of the shipbuilder form

(4) set print area to include form and your "dummy" columns on the right

(5) copy sheet (Starmada2)

(6) on Starmada2, control-X the form and paste it into right side dummy set of columns, leaving the left side blank

(7) set your print area on second sheet to include left columns (now the "dummy" columns) and right columns that contain the form

(8) print on Starmada sheet; place back in printer and print Starmada2

this is one solution anyway; you can print different ships on one sheet by printing sheet1 from one file and sheet2 from another file


lamont