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Step 4Time to print
So now in order to print this life size image you will have to find a larger printer.
Kinkos will do jobs up to 36" maybe more, double check ok?
If you have access to a wide format printer you can save $$$ here.
These are what the printers look like.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=36%22+printer&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
Anyone know the difference between a plotter and a printer? Is a plotter just simple lines?
Anyhow I went with Kinkos.
Keep in mind there are different print qualities/types.
I printed on glossy paper. You can get different finishes as well as printing on different materials.
They have a nice sample booklet of the different options. Go check it out see what works for you.
Basically I got the glossy photo paper. Very similiar to stuff you buy to print your own photos on. A word of caution here. Any liquids on the finished photo can bleed them. Any sandpaper or rough surface can ruin the image as well. The plus side it's the cheapest at about 7 dollars a square foot.
After you get your printed photo, unravel it, to get the "spring" out of it, unroll it completely and put books on the corners or some other weighted objects. Let it sit over night.
If you have any experience with this and know a better technique please add comments or private mesage me!
Kinkos will do jobs up to 36" maybe more, double check ok?
If you have access to a wide format printer you can save $$$ here.
These are what the printers look like.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=36%22+printer&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
Anyone know the difference between a plotter and a printer? Is a plotter just simple lines?
Anyhow I went with Kinkos.
Keep in mind there are different print qualities/types.
I printed on glossy paper. You can get different finishes as well as printing on different materials.
They have a nice sample booklet of the different options. Go check it out see what works for you.
Basically I got the glossy photo paper. Very similiar to stuff you buy to print your own photos on. A word of caution here. Any liquids on the finished photo can bleed them. Any sandpaper or rough surface can ruin the image as well. The plus side it's the cheapest at about 7 dollars a square foot.
After you get your printed photo, unravel it, to get the "spring" out of it, unroll it completely and put books on the corners or some other weighted objects. Let it sit over night.
If you have any experience with this and know a better technique please add comments or private mesage me!
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Sep 4, 2007. 6:24 AMLlewner
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A plotter draws single lines with a pen mounted to a single axis arm while the paper is moved back and forth under it. A vinyl cutting plotter does the same thing, but with a knife instead of a pen. A digital printer it just that, a big printer. I run all three for a living, and make some of these stand-ups as well. Though we digitally print on self adhesive vinyl, over-laminate it, and mount it to a piece of CNC router cut 6mm sintra with aluminum angle bracing.
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