For you tech wizards, here’s a question.
I have a .bmp file image that I want to put on my yard signs. How can it be blown up so it can be plotted on the kind of large inkjet that engineering offices have to print drawings?
For you tech wizards, here’s a question.
I have a .bmp file image that I want to put on my yard signs. How can it be blown up so it can be plotted on the kind of large inkjet that engineering offices have to print drawings?
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Gene,
As long as the printer (the firm) has software that can handle .bmp files and your file has adequate resolution, you don't need to modify it in any way. You just need to get them the image file. They should be able to do any necessary cropping to your liking to make the image fit best in the space available.
If they say, we only plot from Autocad, then they can import the bitmap file into a new Autocad project. You can tell them to look here to see how it's done:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=2405158&linkID=2475176
From a practical standpoint, I don't know that you want yardsigns for the great outdoors using an inkjet plotter. We have this stuff done by a local sign guy who takes our image (digital jpeg) and he puts it on different colored vinyl.
Very nice and not too expensive.
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The blow-up plot will be used by an artist to hand-paint the sign.
What "graphic" programs do you have?
But a simple Pan-o-grpah will do it. As will printing it on a transparancy and using an overhead projector.
Or printing in on a grid and doing a grid transfer.
Just blowing up a .bmp will give you the posterizing problems. But if this is only going to be used as guide for an artist any of them will work.
The old Corel porgrams had a raster scan to vector conversion program. Then you could get an exact replication of the vector to any scale that you wanted. However, the conversion required some (and in some casea s lot) of rework.
gene.. i can import .bmp files into my Chief Architect program.. then i can enlarge it to any size i want..
and i can print it on any printer..
i'm pretty sure most places ( print shops ) can do the same thing
the only restriction will be the resolution of the picture / drawing
i can take low res. pics.. and blow them up , print them out to about 22" wide x any length ( roll paper )
Just about any photo manipulation or photo printing software I have ever seen will let you size it.
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