continuous print...wallpapers etc

[abitare]

i need to print from my v2006 and they are wallpaper designs..... so at least a 3 metre run..............does anyone know any steps to make drawings ready for long continuous print runs?............if you have a suggestion i'll be able to get a haircut!

[Strix]

isn't the hardest part managing the ejected paper?

[abitare]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............nice ...........thankyou for your words of er wisdom

[dbroada]

my longest drawings have been about 1,5m but that was a long time ago. All I remember is having to set up the custom size paper and save it as a .PC3 file. I'm not sure if it is done the same way in whatever version you are running.

[Strix]

so are you just wanting to know how to run batch plots?

[dbroada]

looks like we read it differently strix. I guess we will just have to wait for some more words from the wise.

[abitare]

thankyou for your replies to my problem broadba and strix................to be clearer( sorry if the thread was confusing) ...................I want to set my drawings up to be printed in wallpaper format and length............is this possible to do at home to be printed on an a1 plotter.............I only have an a3 inkjet printer..............thankyou ..........................mike
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[dbroada]

Ideally you need to know the plotter that the final printout will be done on. If you know that you install that printer. Set up a custom paper size that you want and do a "plot to file". That file can then be sent to the correct plotter later.

If you don't know the final plot try looking for a plotter that will give HPGL output or PostScript and repeat as above.

The final option might be PDF output but I don't think I have encountered a PDF plotter that allows you to set up a non standard plot size.

[Strix]

ooooo - now I'm totally intrigued!!!

What on earth are you up to?!

Is this a one-off for your own home/amusement, or is it something you are doing commercially?

If it'd be of any use, I can have a look for the website I stumbled across for blowing your own images across multiple sheets of (eg) A4 to allow you to tile a wall with them

Are you sending these files to a company who specifically print wallpapers? I'd hate to try to paste InkJet paper on a wall - besides, the ink will run

[abitare]

................thankyou for being intrigued strix...............I have maybe 100+ designs for surface deco and 20+ ceramics (ceramic arent the problem) on the computer and to send these files to a company is the way to go but want ideally print for myself first? .as you say theres going to be more ink on the carpet than on the wall so doing it myself is not a way to go...........its going to be expensive.........oh and <new thread created for new Q> thankyou......mike