Do you have a big plotter to print big stuff?
 

I wanted to have a bunch of things (mainly BW digital files) I did printed BIG, so, boh, any infos/suggestions would be welcomed. And if you can have it done and send it over here (with me covering costs, obbbbviously), that could be interesting too.

yes.

fo' real? could you print somethin' for me? size?

not mine personally... but i have access to a 40" deal. roll fed = no limit in other direction.

sure.

910 mm

I use a shop just round the corner from where I live. Since I go there often and theyknow me, I get some nice discounts. If I have something bigger to print I go to a remote location in the east end that I have gone to for a few years. Generally vinyl mixed with perspex. It can be a little expensive so I need to always make sure to know what I want and how I want it to look.

I need just plain bw stuff (and I mean pure black/pure white no shades of gray), maybe ink-printed?, and this could be just the first and last time I ever try to get something like that printed... How are prices?
I opened this thread just coz the idea came to my mind, and I have no knowledge at all of this kind of equipments/process...searching online for some shop in my town that could do things like that would probably be easier, but I kinda liked the "collaborational" subtext of the thread, ha ha.

Maybe just rasterbate it? What are you using the end product for?

not really sure yet. I'm mainly curious to see how it would look BIG, then it might just end up hanged on a wall in a friend of mine's bedroom..it's something I wanted to do for a while, but I have no special occasions (little exhibition/parties/watheva) for it as of now.. As for rasterbating, I'd rather like to have it as just a "big piece".

i can send prints remotely to four of these on the network at my school:



typically they're loaded with just plain white paper on a one meter roll. can be loaded with just about anything that comes on a roll that size or smaller and also sheet fed card stock, watercolor paper, mylar, acetate to a degree... i've seen someone try to put acrylic sheet through ...not pretty.

that's cooooooooooooooooooooool!
i gotta investigate on those things, maybe a "simple" one just for BW stuff on paper could be cheap-ish?

no. that is the "simple" one. we use it mostly for black and white line drawing as you describe.

depends what you consider cheap-ish...

$2,895.00




$20,995.00

$2,895.00 for a new one? That's not too bad... I suppose there are older models (that one looks pretty "modern")...if there's any kind of used market for this stuff prices could be interesting (I'd buy it with a bunch of oher friends, most likely), but I'm afraid prices here would be much higher (stuff is almost 1 $ = 1 euro on "tech" things)..

Wow, those things are fucking awesome.

i use those plotters at work to print off maps and engineering layouts for the national guard. they're cool, but a total pain in the ass to set up.

you have apparently never tried to set up an old school pen plotter







inkjet = nice and easy japanesey :D

touche

i have a needle printer too.

HP DesignJet 250C 36" [914 mm] PLOTTER (Refurbished)




$895.00






The HP DesignJet 250C produces vibrabnt, full-color, D-size output in just 6 minutes-better than pen plotters. They ouput detailed, presentation-quality plots up to E-size-better than small-format ouput devices. It puts you in complete control of the design output process with very short turnaround-better than sending your work to a service bureau. All this at breakthrough prices that bring HP quality and performance within your reach. The HP DesignJet 250C gives you advantages that only HP can offer. Legendary HP reliability for maximum productivity with minimum downtime. Genuine HP plotter languages-the industry standard-for 100% compatibility with virtually all CAD software.In short, only HP delivers a plotter that maximizes your productivity, day in and day out, at the lowest possible price.

http://www.hpplotters.com/catalog/c4...d-p-32465.html

i suppose you have a stereolithography setup for fast prototyping also...











...maybe a couple of laser cutters... computer-controlled milling and routing. 3-d motion capture.

hawt.