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Printing Among Us Resources: A Practical Guide

You want to print Among Us stuff. That usually means character templates, crewmate shapes, or maybe custom role cards for a real-life game night. I have done this enough times across a few different printers to know what works and what turns into a waste of paper.

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The first thing most people get wrong is the file format. If you are sending a screenshot of a meme from your phone to a print shop, do not expect good results. The resolution will crush everything. You need vector files or at least 300 DPI PNGs. The colors will shift if you pick the wrong paper stock too. Glossy cardstock makes the red and lime green crewmate colors pop. Matte paper makes them look washed out and grayish within minutes of printing. I once tried printing a full set of role cards on a standard office laser printer using copy paper, and the black ink bled through so badly that you could not read the Impostor text on the other side. The workaround was to switch to heavier cardstock and use a duplex printing setting if your machine supports it, or just print single-sided and fold them in half. The fold adds structural integrity and hides the show-through problem entirely. Takes about ten seconds per card.

Another detail nobody mentions is the bleed area. If you are designing your own crewmate cutouts with colored backgrounds that go all the way to the edge, you need to add a 0.125 inch bleed around the perimeter. Printers cannot print to the absolute edge of the paper. Without the bleed, you end up with thin white borders along every cut line. It ruins the aesthetic fast. I learned this the hard way on my second batch.

file preparation steps

Start by finding or creating your source artwork. Use vector software like Inkscape or Illustrator if you have access. The shapes in Among Us are simple enough that even free tools handle them fine. Export as PDF for the cleanest results. If you must use raster formats, go with PNG over JPG because PNG preserves sharp edges and solid color blocks without compression artifacts. JPG compression turns the smooth colored bands on crewmate sprites into noisy speckle patterns at print size. Set your canvas to the actual output size before you start designing. If you plan to print 8.5 by 11 inch sheets with multiple crewmates per page, work at that scale from the beginning. Scaling up a small design later introduces pixelation that no amount of sharpening fixes. I once scaled a 200 pixel crewmate image to four inches and the result looked like a watercolor painting someone left in the rain.

paper and printer selection

For small home projects, a standard inkjet printer on 80 lb cardstock gets the job done. Epson and Canon both handle this well. Avoid HP printers for color-critical work unless you have calibrated them recently. Their default color profiles tend to push magenta too hard, which makes the red crewmate skins look more pink than they should. If you are doing large runs, send the files to a professional print service. Vistaprint, Mpix, or a local shop will use offset printing and give you consistent color across hundreds of copies. The cost per unit drops significantly past fifty pieces. Factor in shipping time if you need them for a specific event date. I once had a rush order stuck in transit for three extra days because I did not account for the weekend. Do not make that mistake again.

cutting and finishing

After printing, let the ink dry completely before handling. This takes longer on cardstock than you might expect. Thirty minutes minimum for inkjet prints. Touching them too early smudges the colors and transfers pigment to your fingers. A bone folder helps crease role cards sharply. For crewmate cutouts, use sharp craft scissors or a rotary cutter with a cutting mat. Precision matters less than you would think since the rounded shapes forgive minor inconsistencies, but clean edges still look significantly better. Lamination is optional but useful if these materials will see heavy handling. The laminating pouches add rigidity and protect against spills during game nights. One downside is that glossy laminate on already-glossy printed cards creates a double-reflective surface that is hard to read under bright lights. Matte laminate solves this but costs a few dollars more per sheet. Your call based on where you plan to play.

The whole process from finding your images to having a finished set of printed materials usually takes about two hours if you are doing it right the first time. That includes the drying time you should not skip. Cut that down to forty five minutes if you skip the cutouts and just print flat cards to distribute face down on the table instead.