What's this thing called?
June 25, 2007 2:02 PM Subscribe
In my old office, we had a machine that would enlarge 8.5"x11" flyers into poster-sized prints. What's it called and where do I get one?
In the place I worked over two years ago, we had an all-in-one machine that would scan a 8.5"x11" piece of paper and print out a poster-sized version of it. It was great for, say, enlarging agendas for meetings so they could be pinned onto the wall.
Just a few more features: the ink and paper came in an all-in-one roll that you'd put into the machine (and it was a single color machine, one roll would only print in one color — red, green and blue are the ones I remember); you had the option of enlarging the text or image as is, or reversing the colors; it had a built in trimmer to cut off the finished product from the roll; and it would scan paper much like a fax-machine does (there was no copy surface).
My google skills have failed me — what is this thing? And where can I get one?
In the place I worked over two years ago, we had an all-in-one machine that would scan a 8.5"x11" piece of paper and print out a poster-sized version of it. It was great for, say, enlarging agendas for meetings so they could be pinned onto the wall.
Just a few more features: the ink and paper came in an all-in-one roll that you'd put into the machine (and it was a single color machine, one roll would only print in one color — red, green and blue are the ones I remember); you had the option of enlarging the text or image as is, or reversing the colors; it had a built in trimmer to cut off the finished product from the roll; and it would scan paper much like a fax-machine does (there was no copy surface).
My google skills have failed me — what is this thing? And where can I get one?
It is a "Large Format Printer" or "Plotter". We just bought one for my office, they are very pricy.
If you are looking to make a few copies, try Office Depot. They have a copier that will reproduce blueprint sized copies. The copies are about $1.00 each.
posted by JujuB at 7:24 PM on June 25, 2007
If you are looking to make a few copies, try Office Depot. They have a copier that will reproduce blueprint sized copies. The copies are about $1.00 each.
posted by JujuB at 7:24 PM on June 25, 2007
They're called Wide Format Printers, and are very expensive.
If you don't want to spend the money on one, you can always use Rastorbuster or blockposters.com and join together a bunch of 8 1/2 x 11" sheets.
posted by kuhsay at 7:27 PM on June 25, 2007
If you don't want to spend the money on one, you can always use Rastorbuster or blockposters.com and join together a bunch of 8 1/2 x 11" sheets.
posted by kuhsay at 7:27 PM on June 25, 2007
seconding the plotter. Go to kinko's and you can use one for like $.75/sqft
posted by ThFullEffect at 10:05 PM on June 25, 2007
posted by ThFullEffect at 10:05 PM on June 25, 2007
his description sounds nothing like a large-format printer to me, except for the size of the output. I've never seen a "poster printer" as linked above, but it's definitely a closer match.
posted by Chris4d at 9:51 PM on June 26, 2007
posted by Chris4d at 9:51 PM on June 26, 2007
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(I had access to one when I was teaching school and I remembered it was heat-activated. I googled "thermal poster maker".)
posted by jazon at 2:22 PM on June 25, 2007