You can call them to get their e-mail address and do it that way.
Or you can go to Office Depot, Staples etc and get them to show you where the “banner paper” is and get about 10-15 temps out of a box of paper for $12. If you can find roll paper in 8.5" wide (not thermal fax paper), you can get off even cheaper.
I don’t think you will be able to print the .brd file straight from APS3000 onto one sheet, but I could be wrong. I always export as a .pdf file and open in photoshop. Crop the board and set the length and width measurements to what you want the finished board to be. Save as a .jpeg on a CD and take to Kinkos. They can print a fullsize template for about $6. I’m not sure if this is the easiest way, but it works for me.
What you can do is this. …I am using a Mac, but it should be similar on a PC. In your printers ‘page setup’ or preferences; create a custom page size. I made mine 24" x 96" , any bigger on mine and I get problems for some reason.
I have to make sure that when I choose to print the ouline or profile, that my home printer is not selected, and then choose your custom page size and then choose the save as PDF option.
You then end up with a PDF file that is one big page with your outline printed on it. This is the file that you will take to your local service bureau… Staples, Kinko or whatever… any place that has a large mouth printer, via e-mail, CD or travel drive etc…
You’ll get a real big piece of paper with a thin outline printed on it. Even though the line is real thin, it is enough to use to cut out your template.
Then you transfer this to your masonite or whatever you will use to make your template.
Here is a pic of what my screen looks like when I ‘print’ it as a .pdf
Again, I am using a Mac. I am not sure what it would look like if you are using a PC it will look different. I am also assuming that you can print to a .pdf on a PC normally. I know that it can be done, I remember doing it at my last job, but it might have been with an add on software.
you need to print it to a .PDF document and bring them that. you can get a free program that will allow you to print to PDF called PrimoPDF. just click that link, download, and install the program. then, go into APS3000, and go through the motions to print the template. rather than selecting your normal printer from the dropdown menu, select “PrimoPDF” instead, and set it to print the pages like a banner (all connected together)…this will create a .PDF file that you can bring to any copy center and have them print up for you on a large format printer.
To convert a brd file to PDF, just choose that option from the APS3000 FILE>PRINT list. You can then e-mail your PDF to your print shop and tell them to print half your outline at the size you specify.
I am also trying to get an outline printed on one sheet. I have followed your instructions to set up the pdf to print using Primo pdf. There is no option for “banner paper” as i expected. Then, when i view the pdf it still shows as lots of separate pages instead of one long one. Is there a correction for this that i am missing?
Use the FILE>PRINT>save as pdf to make a PDF, save that to a disk/CDR, take it to your favorite/closest print shop
Or use FILE>PRINT>PRINT outline–like someone said, it’s only gonna print half the outline–it prints it in two rows, one has a bunch of blanks which go up the middle, the other row has the curves–set your margins at .5"–what’s even better is if you get some legal size paper–less taping
use a raised straight edge of something long to set the things for taping–watch the lines, to make sure your printer has printed them perfectly–my desk here has a drafting table pencil holding edge thing–you could also use a wall
seems like it’s problematical, but it’s really not–
reminds me to go get some legal paper–I bought some banner paper and my printer doesn’t know what that is either
this was a question in my mind as well. So if I understand correctly, the PDF is “full size” and will print as such? Great I found a copy shop that has a plotter and can print pdf for me…
In that case I will be happily using aps3000 (on my mac as I see one of y’all is doin just that!)
So instead of printing out like 10 single sheets of paper and pasting them end to end on a piece of masonite, could you not just feed a paper roll and have one full half outline? This seems like it would work, no need to export to pdf and burn a cd and all of that.
So instead of printing out like 10 single sheets of paper and pasting them end to end on a piece of masonite, could you not just feed a paper roll and have one full half outline? This seems like it would work, no need to export to pdf and burn a cd and all of that.
I’m a bit uncertain how this is handled in java which is the basis for the print rutine. I wasthinking of trying it with an old dot-matrix printer if I can find it or feed continues paper trough my regular printer, but I odubt it will handle that well(anyone tried running continous paper through a modern printer?). If you take it to a copy shop you can print to A3 sheets which saves some taping atleast, it should handle this well. Also it should use the orientation on the paper that produces the least amount of sheets(depends on width of template and rocker for the profile).
Quick question, are all you guys using Macs to run APS? I’m stuck on a pc and don’t seem to have the same options in the print view, i.e. can’t find any way to save the outline/profile/slices as a pdf. Thanks.
