RE: Presenting oversize diagrams in printed documentation

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

We have an E plotter...I may try that. Thanks

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
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> I'd look into sending the complete diagrams to a PostScript 
> plotter that can handle up to E-size drawings. This will 
> require some scaling, but not so much as to render the 
> diagrams unreadable. Use whatever standard paper size best 
> fits each drawing (up to E).  You may need to outsource the 
> plotting work to an engineering firm or a service bureau if 
> you don't have a plotter at B&N. 
> 
> The plots can then be drilled (I assume these are going in a 
> ring binder--leave a wide enough left margin) and z-folder or 
> map-folded by any bindery to fit them into the 11 x 17 binder.
> 
> When you print the book, insert a colored slipsheet (labeled 
> with the diagram number or title) where each of the folded 
> diagrams will go. Then, when you get them back from the 
> bindery, you can put them into the books quickly.



> >
> >Does anyone have any tips and tricks on how they've done 
> this effectively?
> >Most of the diagrams are 11X17 landscape, 2 across and 4-6  
> down...in other
> >words, 28 inches across, though a couple or 3 across.

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