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Re: S&G: Transferring Plans to Plywood
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 4/16/2011, 8:02 am
In Response To: Re: S&G: Transferring Plans to Plywood (StephenHJ)

: You are actually better off printing actual size across several
: sheets than having it blown up large. It's similar to enlarging
: a picture - you can only lose resolution going up, and 6x is a
: big step. See if your software will let you print across
: multiple pages with registration marks, and if not then add a
: few very light grid lines to the file to use for alignment of
: the pieces. Then, if you really must have it as a single
: unbroken sheet have an oversize copy made - 1 to 1 copies still
: aren't great large size, but enlargements REALLY degrade.

: Or, check all the local copy/print shops, you'd be surprised where
: you might find a large format plotter. I know Staples stores
: usually have them in the copy center, and Costco might also.
: (For printing banners and signs.)

I'll checkout Staples - hadn't thought about the banner market - and there's a lithoprint company that used to be very olde-fashioned, but they might have caught up with the times since then. I'm not that worried about the resolution since the printout lines are very thin and X6 would still be less than the saw kerf, but I wondered about the copying accuracy and stability of the paper. I've checked the aspect ratio error of my own printer and it is very small and easily compensated.

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S&G: Transferring Plans to Plywood
don carter -- 4/14/2011, 11:59 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 4/15/2011, 12:40 am
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Kim Haubert -- 4/15/2011, 7:44 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 4/15/2011, 4:05 am
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John VanBuren -- 4/15/2011, 5:33 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2011, 6:01 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2011, 6:05 am
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StephenHJ -- 4/15/2011, 12:02 pm
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Mike Savage -- 4/15/2011, 12:52 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 1:11 am
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Mike Savage -- 4/17/2011, 4:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 4:39 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 4/17/2011, 6:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/18/2011, 12:16 am
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Mike Savage -- 4/18/2011, 7:11 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2011, 1:41 am
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Mike Savage -- 4/18/2011, 7:09 am
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ancient kayaker -- 4/18/2011, 2:06 pm
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Mike Savage -- 4/18/2011, 3:31 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2011, 1:43 am
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Mike Savage -- 4/19/2011, 12:50 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2011, 1:42 am
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Jay Babina -- 4/15/2011, 7:17 am
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Jeff Horton -- 4/15/2011, 1:08 pm
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don carter -- 4/15/2011, 2:25 pm
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Dave Houser -- 4/15/2011, 2:55 pm
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don carter -- 4/16/2011, 1:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/15/2011, 3:31 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 4/15/2011, 6:32 pm
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StephenHJ -- 4/15/2011, 11:09 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 4/16/2011, 8:02 am
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ancient kayaker -- 4/22/2011, 12:58 am
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don carter -- 4/16/2011, 1:36 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/17/2011, 1:13 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 4/18/2011, 8:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/19/2011, 1:46 am
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ancient kayaker -- 4/19/2011, 9:31 am
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don carter -- 4/19/2011, 11:59 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 4/20/2011, 10:59 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 12:57 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 4/21/2011, 5:49 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 6:18 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/21/2011, 6:21 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 4/21/2011, 7:52 am
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Alex Ferguson -- 4/21/2011, 7:49 am
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don carter -- 4/19/2011, 10:22 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 4/19/2011, 10:27 pm
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don carter -- 4/20/2011, 12:00 am