Clean and manageable prints

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JJWalecka

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Clean and manageable prints
Does anyone have a neat way of keeping prints clean and undamaged. I have used duct tape around the edges in the past. I recently tried clear tape but both were time consuming. I priced out $15.00 a page to be laminated. Any feedback is appreciated


JJ
 
JJWalecka said:
Clean and manageable prints
Does anyone have a neat way of keeping prints clean and undamaged. I have used duct tape around the edges in the past. I recently tried clear tape but both were time consuming. I priced out $15.00 a page to be laminated. Any feedback is appreciated


JJ
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what about keeping them rolled up in a tube when not in use?
 
I have to make a conscience effort not to damage the prints...LOL. Laminated sounds great but expensive. I like the use of the pipe and have tried that before. Unfortunately I still rip the prints periodically while using them which is a pet peeve of mine. Thank you both for your time.

JJ
 
stickboy1375 said:
I always make a few copies.
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Multiple copies . Only ONE working set . Use magnets to stick them up on a wall or panel . New rule , anyone abusing prints will be punished by public flogging . :grin:
 
I have scavenged onto cardboard mailing tubes with plastic ends on them that prints fit in nicely, I have also made carriers out of 3" Pvc conduit or drain pipe with plumbing caps on the ends. I now have a regular lightweight plastic blueprint carrier that I picked up at a fleamarket for a couple dollars it can expand and contract in length for differnt sized prints. I have been on jobs where general has the prints mounted on plywood with a sheet of plexiglass hinged over the top of them.
 
Multiple sets of prints...
1 set stays in the "clean room" - not the job box, truck, etc...in the office where everything is clean :)

1 set gets duct taped - not just the edges, the ENTIRE page....yes, it's heavy, time consuming, etc The trade off is guaranteed NOT to rip and it can still be rolled up

One thing I like to do with resi. is shrink the prints ....unless there is specific measurements for items ~ it goes where it goes :D
These shrunk prints get reduced to 8.5 x 11 or 8.5x14 (standard and/or legal size depending on detial) and they slip right into plastic binder pages.
Everything stays neat and organized. Scan the pages into to your comp. for "extras".

if the print is not overly detailed, I'll snap a shot of it w/a digicam and print it right out...quick and cheap, neat and organized:

1stFlr.jpg


If more detail needed/required, zoom in on the area:
1stKitchen.jpg


I write my notes on these cheap "walk around prints"
 
Celtic,
That drawing you showed is hideous. The scribling on it is illegible. There is no excuse for that since we now have CAD programs.
If an architect did that using AutoCad's "Cityline" font, the prints should be angrily returned to it with a harsh demand that they be corrected. There is no excuse for this garbage.
As to keeping the prints clean, the first step is to take them down to Kinko's or other and get the E- drawings copied. Get enough copies - reduced - to give each worker a relevant copy of the area he is working on. [She can even take them home at night to study. :rolleyes: {Yeah Right!}]
Clear, 2" wide packing tape folded over the edges should be enough to prevent tatters.
~Peter
 
I have used clear contact (shelf paper) for that purpose. It works well, but you do have to be careful putting it on. You can even mark on it with a ball point pen if you need to make changes or add notes. I would also often put the lighting and power prints back to back so you just flipped the sheet over to look at the other system.
 
It took me twenty minutes to tape (Hack) the sides of four pages. I did this at home on my own time. Most should and would do this on company time... At what piont is it cost effective and or efficient. Perhaps the $15 a sheet isn't so expensive after all...
 
scan one set into the computer. nice and clean every time you want to print them. (I am a coffee spilling, mustard staining fiend)
 
peter said:
Celtic,
That drawing you showed is hideous. The scribling on it is illegible. There is no excuse for that since we now have CAD programs.
If an architect did that using AutoCad's "Cityline" font, the prints should be angrily returned to it with a harsh demand that they be corrected. There is no excuse for this garbage.
As to keeping the prints clean, the first step is to take them down to Kinko's or other and get the E- drawings copied. Get enough copies - reduced - to give each worker a relevant copy of the area he is working on. [She can even take them home at night to study. :rolleyes: {Yeah Right!}]
Clear, 2" wide packing tape folded over the edges should be enough to prevent tatters.
~Peter
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Its residential.... its quite fine the way he did it. At least I think so.
 
stickboy1375 said:
Its residential.... its quite fine the way it is.
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I have done commercial projects that were hand drawn NTS on a piece of cardboard with a sharpie, with a few notes off to the side, and the job went just fine....
 
celtic said:
1 set gets duct taped - not just the edges, the ENTIRE page....yes, it's heavy, time consuming, etc The trade off is guaranteed NOT to rip and it can still be rolled up
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Kinda hard to see through the duct tape, isn't it? :D
 
I have laminated prints before. It works really well.

I like that they lay open and you can mark and erase with a sharpie.
 
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