redwhiteandthemaple Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 I have a regular home/business printer (Samsung SCX4100 if interested) that has print/copy/scan, but I need to know how to print a large picture as a guitar plan/blueprints. Is there no other way than breaking the picture into little bits in say... Photoshop and printing each individual then gluing in up? I thought about buying the guitar templates from guitarbuildingtemplates.com but their shipping to foreign countries is ridiculous... I have all the files I want to print (PRS24 and JEM) in dwg and something else, which I can open with AutoCAD. How do you guys do it? Thx in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matttheguy Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 In AutoCAD in the plot menu you can choose to print fullsize, and then move the center of reference around to print in a tile format, then tape it together after printing. Without a plotter, only a regular printer, it's going to be pretty tough to print it fullsize on one sheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Go to a plan printing service you will need to print at least an A0 sheet for a full size guitar plan. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Do you have a printing service around you like kinkoos or pitneybows. {not spelled corectly }.you could talk with them to find out what file format they work with. Then you could get it in full size and in one piece of paper..... Good luck Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwhiteandthemaple Posted May 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Kinko's sounds like a good idea. I'll check with them. Thx! I'll try with my photocopier in the future, but I want it to be as perfect as possible. Thx for the suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
look2thehorizon Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 I just did an enlargement of my plans at kinkos on their large format (blueprint) copier. If your home printer is set up so it can print to scale accurately, then you can enlarge up to 400% in 1% increments. If you do the math properly, you end up with a perfect full size print for around $2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirapop Posted May 31, 2006 Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Inkjets, laserprinters, and photocopiers aren't dead accurate. There's a fair bit of distortion in the paper feed direction. You can verify it for yourself. Scan a pair of perpendicular rulers(scales) or make a grid in a drawing program and print them out. Compare measurements across the page and in the feed direction. Scaleable engineering drawings typically have to be made on plotters. Necessary precision is a relative. To layout the shape of a guitar, prints are probably fine. Laying out frets... not accurate enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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