ACAD & HP LJ II Drawing
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For some time now I have been using ACAD with a Hewlett Packard LJ II,
creating the drawings on 8.5 x 11.0 inch paper and then visiting my local
photocopy place and simply expanding them to 11 x 17 inches for submittal to
building departments, etc. where the need arises.
Has anybody done the same? And, if so, to what degree have you experienced
loss of "scalability" of the drawing (i.e. to what extent does the photocopy
cause distortion of scale).
The other interesting exercise I have found is where to plot the origin
(lower left corner) on a 8.5 x 11 inch drawing so as to most properly center
the drawing, which produces a symmetrical enlargement. This has been much
trial and error. Does anybody have some time-tested secret formulae they
would be willing to share?