On Tue, 10 May 2005 08:31:54 -0400, the renowned Boris Mohar
wrote:

On Tue, 10 May 2005 05:56:10 GMT, Ernie Leimkuhler
wrote:

As for accuracy of line, Pen plotters are the undisputed Champion.
As for speed of completing a complicated drawing, inkjet wins every time.

Dale



On a strictly line drawing I would put money on my Calcomp, but
nowadays everybody wants pretty pictures and huge blocks of text on
their architectural drawings, and for that Inkjets win.

And of course Pen Plotters are a hoot to watch.

There is a plotter emulator available from

http://www.concentric.net/~ravitz/

You can't cut vinyl signs with an inkjet printer (but you may be able
to print banners).

Billboards these days are printed on rolls of vinyl using huge inkjet
printers.



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Spehro Pefhany
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