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CAD & Technical Drawings

Technical drawings are printed at A1 and A0 on a plotter, usually on 80g bond for check plots and coated paper for issue sets. An HP DesignJet handles a practice; a PageWide XL suits a bureau or a mine printing hundreds of sheets a day. Line weight and scale accuracy matter more than colour.

Sizes
A1 and A0, from 24 to 44 inch rolls
Media
80g bond, 90-120g matt coated
Machines
HP DesignJet for practices, PageWide XL for volume
Speed
An A1 plot in as little as 25 seconds

How the job runs

  1. Step 1

    Submit

    Send the drawing set from the CAD application or a shared queue.

  2. Step 2

    Print

    Print at A1 or A0, with line weights held accurately across the sheet.

  3. Step 3

    Finish

    Fold, stack or collate the set ready for the site or the client.

Printers for this work

HP PageWide XL 4250 MFP product image

HP PageWide XL 4250 MFP

Fast, consolidated technical printing, scanning, and copying in monochrome and in colour. Print GIS maps, point-of-sale posters and more.

Print Speed
Up to 650 A1 pages/hr
Scanning
Integrated 1200 DPI 36″ scanner
Memory
8 GB DDR4
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HP DesignJet Z9 44-inch dual-roll PostScript printer product image

HP DesignJet Z9 44-inch dual-roll PostScript printer

High-definition printing and an integrated vertical trimmer. Embedded spectrophotometer. Spend less time on media changes and adjustments with dual roll support and automatic roll switching.

Max Roll Width
44in / Media Width
Guaranteed Minimum Line Width
0.08 mm / Line Width
Pigmented Inks
6 (cyan, magenta, yellow, matte black, photo black, chromatic red) / Ink Cartridges
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HP DesignJet Z9+ 44-inch PostScript printer product image

HP DesignJet Z9+ 44-inch PostScript printer

Graphics printing for speed and quality: 2400 nozzle-per-inch, high-definition printheads.

HP Warranty
2-year warranty extendable up to 5-years
Print Speed
71.4 m²/hr on plain media
Print Resolution
Up to 2400 x 1200 optimised DPI
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HP DesignJet Z9 24-inch PostScript printer product image

HP DesignJet Z9 24-inch PostScript printer

Impress the most demanding customers with smooth transitions and sharp details thanks to HP Pixel Control. Photo printing: professional, fast and simple. Quality and speed with 2400 nozzle-per-inch high-definition printheads.

Max
24 inch / Media Width
Up to
Up to 0.8 mm / Thickness
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Finishing equipment

HP SD Pro 44-in scanner product image

HP SD Pro 44-in scanner

High-speed scanning. Reproduce AEC/CAD drawings, maps and blueprints with crisp lines and fine detail.

Scanning Speed
Up to 15cm/sec in colour
Scanning Accuracy
Up to +/- 0.1% +/- 1 pixel
Pixel Accuracy
+/- 0.1% +/- 1 pixel accuracy
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HP HD Pro 42-in scanner

Top-quality colour reproduction from technical documents to graphics. Scan at a resolution of 1 200dpi.

Scan Speed
Colour 13″ sec; Grayscale 13″ sec
Memory
8 GB
Hard Drive
256 GB
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Media to print it on

Talk to us about cad & technical drawings

Tell us what you want to produce and we will put together the machine, finishing and media that suit it.

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