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posted: 12 Oct 2017 12:47 from: Nigel Cornish click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Hi, I am the project manager for a new build ’00’ layout at the High Wycombe & District Model Railway Society. It is a representation of Oxford station and environs around august 1960. It is some 32ft long and 10 ft wide. The scenic part is around 32ft x 4ft and it is this that I would like to print out, preferably on a continuous sheet of paper. Are there any commercial printers who can take a Templot file and print out the layout to scale? Regards Nigel. |
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posted: 12 Oct 2017 12:59 from: Martin Wynne
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Hi Nigel, Welcome to Templot Club.  Yes, you can export your track plan from Templot as a PDF file, which can be printed by many commercial printers as a single roll sheet. The usual width limit is 42". See for example this topic for more details: topic 2983 I don't know of any company offering to print directly from Templot .box files, but exporting to PDF is very easy: 2_181001_280000000.png  regards, Martin. |
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posted: 12 Oct 2017 13:49 from: Ian Allen
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Hi Nigel I've used MFS Reprographics in Milton Keynes for all the 7mm scale Templot PDF's I've required printing. as Martin states, most good print companies offering similar services can print up to 42" wide. A quick search on Google brings up a number of commercial print companies in High Wycombe. Ian |
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posted: 12 Oct 2017 22:02 from: Rob Manchester
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Hi Ian, What is a "ball park" figure for printing these large plans assuming a 42" width. Are the costs pro-rata to the length or is there a bas ic fee plus £x.xx per foot. Rob |
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posted: 13 Oct 2017 09:45 from: Ian Allen
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Hi Rob, I believe prices are based on multiples of A1 or A0 size paper, so about £2.50 per A0. Therefore a 33" x 141" sheet is about £7.50. Those prices are for colour plotting so B&W should be slightly cheaper in theory. I might go and get something printed today so I can get an accurate figure ;-) Ian |
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posted: 13 Oct 2017 13:30 from: Ian Allen
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Hi, Charged £7 for a print 4100mm x 841mm. Ian |
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posted: 13 Oct 2017 13:38 from: Rob Manchester
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Ian Allen wrote: Hi, Therefore a 33" x 141" sheet is about £7.50.Hi Ian, Thanks for the info re the printing costs. Sounds very reasonable to me for one-off prints. BTW love the battle between imperial and metric ! Reminds me of the B&Q guy who told me the sheet of plywood I was buying was "598mm and three quarters" Thanks agin. Rob |
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