All of the Printable kits and texture papers designed by Railwayscenics.com are supplied in zip files as PDF (Portable Document Format) files. To read PDF files you must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. This software is a free download available from:

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All railwayscenics.com kits and texture papers fit on to A4 (210x297mm) size paper.

Each of our printable kits come with various printing requirements.  Please read the instructions supplied with the download before you print.

Texture sheets.
A quality photo matt paper (120-160gsm) or similar is recommended. Printing should be carried out using your printers special setting for photos, and if possible for matte paper. This will use more ink, but will give a very high quality image.

Template sheets.
The template sheets only need to be printed onto ordinary quality copier paper.

Glazing sheets.
The glazing sheets should be printed out on a special acetate sheet for your style of printer.

Instructions.
These should be printed onto ordinary quality printer paper. 

To print our PDF.

1: Launch Adobe Reader and then open up the kit file, or if you have adobe reader installed just double click the file.

2: Select "File" then "Print".

3: Select the printer, if you have more than one, you are outputting the files on.

4: IMPORTANT: Print at 100% and ensure that all page scaling, "Fit to page" or similar are UNCHECKED.

5: Select "Properties", and select the type of paper you are printing on, and then select the desired quality or "dpi". The higher the print quality the better the results.

6: Save these printer settings (if this feature is available).

7: Select "OK" or "Print".

To print a particular page of the PDF.

It is possible to only print one page of a PDF.  This is particularly helpful if you have made a mistake and wish to print the part again.

1. Open the PDF using Adobe reader.

2. Select the print option by either using the menu or clicking on the print button.

3. On the main screen that opens, go down the page to the "Print range" section.

4. Select the page number that you require.

5. Select "OK" or " print" to print the page.

A printer test sheet can be printed from here, to test your printer settings.  It also shows you some of the different textures that we have available.  When the new window has opened, just click on the print button.