Reprographics 101

2 responses to “City of Phoenix, AZ – Bid for Reprographics Services”

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   Anonymous

   October 19, 2011

   I just received (via e-mail) Addendum #1. After reading the Addendum, I sent this in an e-mail to the purchasing people who are managing this procurement at the City of Phoenix:::::Hi,I just read the Addenum you issued.Are you absolutely sure about “most” plots being 26″ x 26″? That's a very weird size for Architecture/Engineering drawings. Most “plots” (drawings), industry-wide, are 24 x 36, 30 x 42 or 36 x 48.Secondly, why would you call out “plotting” on vellum or mylar? A/E firms haven't been using “vellum” or “mylar” for several years by now. That type of material used to be used when the “reprographics” technology being used, industry wide, to make “prints” of drawings, was “diazo” printing (which is an analog copying process, now virtually obsolete in the U.S. All that's necessary today is to “plot” on plain bond paper! Plotting on vellum or mylar would be a complete waste of money for it is complete unnecessary, given the fact that Architects, Engineers and Construction companies, and their clients (such as the City of Phoenix) no longer order “diazo prints”. Everything, nowadays, is printed on plain bond paper. Sounds like your procurement document has not been updated in years.Thirdly, are you sure that plotting is always going to be done from “dwg” files? That's a “native” file format, from AutoCAD. In order to avoid “plotting” errors, virtually all A/E/C firms, when they need to plot, send “print ready” files to their reprographers – plt, pdf, dgn, dwf and tif are most common file formats for printing. Sending out dwg files for printing invites errors!Regards,JoelReprographics 101

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   Anonymous

   October 19, 2011

   i sent a second e-mail to tell them that I mistakenly typed dgn in the last sentence of the first e-mail I sent to them.

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