Reprinting SNES Game Manuals, Guidance

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  1. BlockABoots

    BlockABoots Gutsy Member

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    I have a few SNES NTSC games that the instruction manuals have seen better days (water damage, pages missing, defacing etc), i have found a few sites that have pdf files of game manuals. I am wondering what is the best material to use to get a professional printing company to print these out, ideally i would want them to be the same meterial originally used?.

    Also any recommendations any other sites that host manuals or a company that does the lot, such as having the pdf files for these manauls and also prints them out and sends them to you?
     
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    retro Resigned from mod duty 15 March 2018

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    You won't get a professional printer to reproduce copyrighted material.

    Besides that, if you wanted it to look the same, you'd need the original artwork (NOT a scan), the right paper stock and you'd be printing it litho, which means you'd need a very large run for a printer to be bothered to set up a plate.

    You're best off looking on eBay or local game shops for a manual - it'd be FAR cheaper.
     
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    bacteria I am the Bacman

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    A half decent home printer would give perfectly acceptable quality
     
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