The Challenge:

One of the country’s largest transportation agencies sought Tameran’s help to increase the productivity of their wide format printers in their district planning and engineering facilities throughout the state.

The Challenge:

For more than 35 years, Tameran Graphic Systems has been providing organizations with innovative, cost-effective solutions that simplify and improve how technical documents are published, distributed and archived. As a leading manufacturer and supplier of document distribution and preservation solutions, a worldwide automobile manufacturer sought Tameran’s assistance in increasing the capability of their wide format printers throughout their research and development facility. 

Hurricane Sandy brings to the forefront an important question of extreme weather as a “new normal”. And, if the dramatic weather patterns the United States (and the world for that matter), have experienced as of late are the “new normal”, then don’t you think your business should be prepared?

What are Your Options for Folding Wide Format Technical Documents?

A previous blog post discussed the most important reasons for using automated folders as part of your wide format print process. Increased employee productivity and printer productivity are key motives for adding folders to your wide format printers with the additional objective of providing a clean, neat paper packet that is easy to handle, distribute and store. So, what are your options for easily and efficiently obtaining folded packets from your CAD or technical drawings and engineering documents?

Automated Inline Folders vs. Automated Offline Folders

The print-stack-fold process is the optimal method for cost effectively printing low to medium volumes of engineering and architectural drawings or maps. When folding is desired in a lower volume print environment, an offline folder is the best choice.

Have you ever thought about how your wide format documents impact your business and if they are a positive reflection of your organization? 

Wide format printers and copiers generate various sizes of documents that can be difficult to handle, file and store. These engineering and architectural-sized documents range in size from 11" x 17" to 36" x 48". Although printing and copying CAD and various technical drawings to their full size makes reading and amending drawings easier, it also causes storage and retrieval to be cumbersome. Additionally, rolling wide format documents actually hinders quick search and distribution and causes wear and tear on prints. Crisp, precise fold packets present a more organized, professional image.

Microfilm is similar to things to which you are already very familiar such as photographs and paper documents.

First, think of microfilm as a very small black and white photographic negative image of a document—a paper or digital document. 

In fact, the original method of making microfilm was very similar to taking a photograph of a still image; in the case of microfilm, the still image was a piece of paper that contained handwritten, drawn or typewritten information.  Through the optics of a camera, the size of the image was reduced to film. Initially this film was 105 mm by 135 mm.  Later, film with smaller size widths such as 16 mm and 35 mm were developed.