Key takeaways
- D- and E-size plotting, scanning and copying for plans, renderings and as-builts
- Bring plan printing in-house — no more courier runs for a single revision
- Scan and digitize aging as-builts before they fade or tear
- Lease for the office, rent a jobsite-tough unit for the project’s duration
Bring the print shop in-house
When a set of plans changes at 8 a.m. and the field needs it by 9, a trip to the repro shop isn’t a plan — it’s a delay. A wide-format machine on your floor turns that revision into a five-minute task. For firms printing plans weekly, the in-house math usually beats per-sheet shop pricing quickly, and the schedule benefit is immediate: the crew builds from the current drawing, not last week’s.
Scan and preserve as-builts
Wide-format isn’t only about output. The same machines scan D-size originals to searchable files, so a firm can digitize a plan room of aging as-builts before humidity and handling destroy them — a real risk in South Florida’s climate. Once digitized, drawings drop into your document system and stop living in tubes and flat files.
Lease, rent, or both
An office that plots every week should lease; a contractor equipping a trailer for a nine-month build should rent a jobsite unit and hand it back at closeout. Many construction and design firms do both — a leased plotter at headquarters and rented machines where the work is. Either way it’s serviced by our team, wherever the machine sits. Tell us what you print and we’ll size it.
Helpful resources: the United States National CAD Standard.