[committee] Plotter usage

[David Adam]

On Wed, 9 May 2007, Patrick Coleman wrote:

> On 5/9/07, David Adam <zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> > On Wed, 9 May 2007, Patrick Coleman wrote:
> > > From what I hear the plotter is working now; there was also some talk
> > > a while back of letting people print things on it for a fee.
> > >
> > > If so, the AME (Association of Mechatronic Engineers) would be
> > > interested in borrowing it to upgrade our currently very ratty banner,
> > > depending on how much it'll cost.
> >
> > How big? Completely off the top of my head, I think we're charging about
> > $5 for an A0 sheet,
>
> Sounds good; A0 would be great. It'll just be some large text and a
> couple of logos. We do however need it before next Tuesday, if
> possible.

You'll probably need a wheel member around, preferably someone who's used
the plotter before (Nick, James A, James F, self - I think that's about
all) because it might need CUPS reconfiguration.

I'm around from 3 tomorrow, if that helps.

> What format should I do the design in? Postscript?

PDF or SVG is probably easiest - then we can just use a Linux client or
something.

David Adam
UCC Wheel Member
zanchey@