But they all share one thing in common: They are essential in collaborating to produce designs for electronics, consumer products, buildings and more. Large-format is generally defined between 18 and 100 in., so there is a great deal of variation in size, volume and performance. Rare is the engineering office that doesn’t have a large-format printer and scanner. Many documents have to be scanned periodically and versioned so that the most current one is identified and readily available. If a document is updated or altered by hand, it is in a single location on a perishable medium. However, the documents always have to be maintained electronically. Paper documents may also have to be delivered to the customer at different points in time in a project. Digital files and storage can be more easily protected against someone who is a partner today, but may be a competitor on a different project tomorrow. Engineers can make ad hoc changes, mark up designs and write comments. Documents can easily be shared in meetings. There are good reasons for relying on printed documentation, even today. While most groups have CAD and similar software, there are still filing drawers full of paper plans and schematics that may be referred to more frequently than their electronic counterparts. In an era where seemingly every document and detail is digitized and stored for posterity, many engineering plans and drawings are still printed out and maintained in printed form, with comments and changes written directly on the document.
Integrating printing and scanning into your design workflow takes planning, good equipment and a clear goal in mind. Digital Engineering - October 2015 Using Large-Format Printers and Scanners
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