I gave up trying to find someone local that would print art I needed for an arcade cabinet so had a friend find a place in china on tao bao that would do it. Was way cheaper and quality was great.
For an example, a pull up screen that you use at trade shows etc was under $20 to get printed and sent here vs the 100+ locally.
It's worth saying that any use of copyright or trademarked material can get you into trouble even if you think that you are OK.
The relevant point is that personal use does not allow you to copy whatever you like without getting permission to use the material. Your only safety is that nobody knows about it.
Fair dealing is not a “personal use” exception to copyright infringement.
There are specific exceptions but none of them appear to cover your desire "to have some HQ video game art hanging in my house."
P.S. Most of us are more used to the term "fair use" which is the US equivalent. In the Commonwealth, "fair dealing" is the term for specific exceptions to copyright that do not require us to contact the copyright holder.
Fair use and fair dealing are not exactly the same but near enough for this situation. I couldn't find an example that allows private copying for personal use of copyrighted/trademarked characters.
"Wikipedia: The factors determining whether copying for research or private study is judged to be fair dealing in New Zealand are its purpose, its effect on the potential market or value of the work copied, the nature of the work, the amount copied in relation to the whole work, and whether or not the work could have been obtained in a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price."
But if you have a situation where a printer does not want the risk and has a policy in place to avoid it, well bringing your lawyer will not change things.
Hammerer: The relevant point is that personal use does not allow you to copy whatever you like without getting permission to use the material. Your only safety is that nobody knows about it.
It's relevant but... it's not really relevant. The fact that nobody knows that you printed off a one-off piece for your home is a pretty good safety. Even if the copyright holder knew, are they going to be bothered? I doubt it.
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