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    21-Oct-87 10:08:11
Sb: #90300-CAD
Fm: Ben Blish 72667,1341
To: Barry Massoni 73260,1413

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Paper changes size with humidity, temperature, pressure from the printhead (deformation), and age. Mylar, or acetate, tends to stay the same size under a wide range of conditions, and so is a prefferred media for drawings that have mechanical requirements. Ink jets might also work. The problem here is that both acetate and mylar are too stiff, and often to thick to be successfully used with a 'normal' printer mechanism. –Ben–