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

[Amy Kahn]

I stick to 8 1/2 x 11" paper, and bound all deliverables together in a
book to present to the client at the end of the project. The only time I
ever use anything bigger is for presentation purposes.

My rule of thumb: if it doesn't fit on a page, it won't fit on the
screen. Generally that works.

On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 14:00, Leona Carpenter wrote:
> On 11x17 paper (roughly equals European A3?) you can do great things with
> coloured pens.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Saffer, Dan" <DSaffer at datek.com>
> To: <Sigia-l at asis.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 6:45 PM
> Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] Fun with output - Who uses a plotter?
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> 
> One of the first things I did when I got to my current job was to order
> 11x17 paper. :) It's nearly impossible to convey a design (and especially
> the accompanying annotations) and not have it be microscopic on anything
> less.
> 
> Of course, since there is only one black-and-white printer that will print
> that size in-house, it is limiting and often difficult to share documents
> with people, both in and out of house. Few have access to the printer, and
> fewer still even have 11x17 paper to print it on!
> 
> If I moved to 8.5x11, everything would either be too small for
> comprehension, or else I'd have to move the annotations to a separate page,
> neither of which is ideal, so I stick with the bigger size despite the
> printing hassles.
> 
> I've also had trouble finding a reasonable home printer that will print
> 11x17, perferably color. Anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> Dan
> 
> d a n   s a f f e r  .  sr. ui architect
> datek                .  dsaffer at datek.com
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>  if I could I'd rearrange." -U2
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