[Sigia-l] Fun with output - Who uses a plotter?

[princeofcats at newarcadia.com]

Once upon a time, I had access to a plotter, and (before my then-employer
rolled belly-up) I did indeed use it occasionally to generate
documentation. It was great for making a splash in a meeting... but -
after a good deal of thought - I wound up shifting over exclusively to an
8.5 x 11 format.

If the point of IA documentation is to provide a common reference point
for developers, business unit leaders, creatives, project managers and the
like, then using a format which was not easily printable seemed
counterintuitive.

The expense you mentioned was also a consideration: given how many
iterations my documentation tends to go through, it seemed a needless
waste of trees (not to mention the dwindling dollars of my dot-com
benefactor.)

Best,

Christopher Turner
http://tower.newarcadia.com


>
> Hi Folks
>
> I've been looking at some deliverables this week and I've noticed a
> tendancy to larger and larger output formats. We're limited to 11" X 17"
> (given the printers we have here) and we try to make them so that
> clients can output them on 8.5" X 11 and still read them.
>
> But it's got me wondering - how many other IA's use large format
> printing? Is it a worthwhile investment? What about client compatibility
> issues?
>
> Dave
>
> Dave Robertson
> Information Architecture
> Critical Mass
>
> Phone: 403.206.4319
> E-mail: daver at criticalmass.com
> http://www.criticalmass.com
>
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