Printing Terry's Rev D Tele Body Template

[Ranger]

I have seen a number of discussions regarding printing the Tele body template that Terry provided. Part of those discussions included several statements that the file can be printed on 4 pieces of standard letter size paper.

My understanding is that the template is size D paper, which is 22x36 (or 22x34). That would seem to require a bit more than 4 pieces of 8.5x11, more like 8 of them.

I turned scaling off and followed the settings in an Adobe screen shot provided in one of the posts. I continue to see results that will take up about 8 sheets of paper.

If 4 sheets of 8.5x11 is right then I am still doing something very wrong. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. You see, my wife can't wait to hear that I'm starting yet another project. She somehow has this notion that all past projects are supposed to be complete before starting the next one. Silly girl!

[Mr. B]

While you're correct in thinking that the entire diagram is too large to print at full size on four A4 sheets, the outline of the body will comfortably fit.

I believe that Jwells has explained somewhere about printing sections directly from Adobe Acrobat, I'm sure someone will be kind enough to point us to them, or explain again themselves. I hadn't found his instructions at the time I printed mine and went through an extremely convoluted process involving 3 separate programs! I got there in the end though.

[mkhhunt]

Look for Snapshot tool

Basically you open it in acrobat reader, select Tools, Select and Zoom, Snapshot tool.

Then Select an area to print with the snapshot tool. (Use the dimensioning lines so you create areas to line up to on each the separate sheet.)

Once you've selected an area, select File, Print. It will bring up just the area you selected with the snapshot tool. Ensure you check page scaling = none.

When that page has printed, use the snapshot tool to select another chunk and print. Repeat until you have all the pages you need.

To get a body outline it was around 6 pages of 8.5 X 11 for me, with overlaps.

[mkhhunt]

Originally Posted by Ranger

She somehow has this notion that all past projects are supposed to be complete before starting the next one. Silly girl!

The wife union agreement states any project that is exactly the same as a project in progress has to be complete. New projects are OK as long as they are different. Old Cars <> Blue Tele's <> Tube Amps.

Also, if a project requires new tools then that project has priority over job-jar and honey-do projects that don't require new tools.

[vtcyclist]

I downloaded the .dwg and .pdf files to my flash drive. Took it to my local Kinkos, handed them the drive and ordered two prints. In 5 minutes and less than $10 I had two full size prints. It was easy and I did not have to make my brain hurt getting letter size sheets of paper to line up.

[Mark-00255]

Originally Posted by vtcyclist

I downloaded the .dwg and .pdf files to my flash drive. Took it to my local Kinkos, handed them the drive and ordered two prints. In 5 minutes and less than $10 I had two full size prints. It was easy and I did not have to make my brain hurt getting letter size sheets of paper to line up.

Exactly what I did! I think it's about $4.75 per print. WAY worth it!

[Jack Wells]

I have seen a number of discussions regarding printing the Tele body template that Terry provided. Part of those discussions included several statements that the file can be printed on 4 pieces of standard letter size paper.

Not the file ......... the body outline.

In the discussions I've presented on this subject, I was talking about printing the body outline actual size by cropping it into four overlapping quadrants. I agree that taking the PDF file to a print shop on a flash drive is the easiest way to go. I was just presenting a way to print the body outline at home.

[Ranger]

Originally Posted by jwells393

I was just presenting a way to print the body outline at home.

Thanks! I get it now.

I would prefer the option of having Kinkos do the printing for me but unfortunately I cannot find one that has larger paper sizes. The locations near me act like I'm speaking another language when I ask them whether they can print on anything larger than 8.5x11. Oh well.

Thanks for the help!