Any US sources for converting Plans on CD to printed plans

[mtdoramike]

to scale at a reasonable price? They are PDF and should be 1/84 scale.

Edited June 12, 2014 by mtdoramike

[russ]

If your plans are in pdf format and already scaled, you can take them to Office Depot or similar store and they will rint them for a few bucks a sheet.

 

More information on your plans, their format etc would be helpful to get some answers.

 

Russ

[mrjimmy]

 

Office Depot can print from one scale to another from a disc, and I felt that they were reasonable.  Office Max was much more extreme on their pricing.

 

Si

[Don9of11]

I have always had good luck at the FedEx/Kinko's office stores near me. They have scanning and printing capabilities at a good price.

[mtdoramike]

The format on the CD is PDF.

[mtaylor]

Did you try Office Max?  Kinkos?   Also call some local printing companies.  Some of them can do large size paper.

[russ]

I would think that Office Depot would be a good choice. They have large format printers and can easily print a pdf from a CD. Avoid large professional print shops or reprographic places. They charge a lot more for the same thing.

 

Russ

[druxey]

Also any store that does architectural print work.

[jud]

Should be a lot of places to get it done that are close to you. Almost any engineering or surveying office could do it, how about the engineering department of your local power company then there are all the government agencies getting into GIS Mapping that would have the ability. Heck, I would be happy to do it for you,' and even supply the paper, Mylar you would need to buy', max size up to "D" size. The offer stands only if you hand deliver the CD to me only as a favor. I bet you can find someone very close to you to do it.

jud

[mtdoramike]

I live in a small town without those type of things. No Kinkos or Staple near me, wish there were. I tried an arcitectural firm a few years ago and they wanted to charge the same fee as drafting house plans at $50.00 per page and with 6 pages of plans, I said no thank you. Most government agencies will not allow their equipment to be used for private business. We do have an Office Depot here in town, I'll give them a try, but odds are they don't have a large enough printer. That is the problem with a lot of businesses around here, they contract out this sort of thing since they can down load the plans onto a CD and send it out to be processed. No, hand delivery to where you live is not an option, but thank you for the offer hahahahahaahaha. I was looking for an on-line source where I can mail the CD to them and have the printed plans mailed to me. I was curious if anyone here might have a on-line source that they use.    

[mtdoramike]

BY the way, the last time I went to a private company to see if they would make copies of plans that I already had, was a land survey company. A friend worked there so I asked her and she said OK, so I went to her office to drop off the plans, and just when she started to print them out on this huge printer, the owner of the business walked in and started to make conversation with me. I mentioned how much I appreciated them doing this for me when all of a sudden the owner told my friend to shut the machine down immediately. I was escorted off the property with plans in hand and my friend was lucky to have kept her job. It seems she got approval from her supervisor, but failed to let the owner know. It seems that the machine was a rental and they hand to pay a premium for each time the machine was turned on. The bad thing was, she really wasn't MY friend, she was my wife's friend. So as you can guess, I had to hear about this for months.

 

So I'm a bit skitish after that little fiasco to approach any business that doesn't offer this service to the public.    

[trippwj]

Staples should be able to do via the online approach, delivery to your home. Not sure the price. FedEx/Kinkos does the same thing. Good luck!