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Strip: Printer error made the forms smaller: what to do?
By:Renato Caldas
Date: 3/22/2009, 1:57 pm

Hello,

I've just started building a guillemot kayak, and I'm already in trouble..

I've printed the smaller forms in A3 and A4 size paper, and had the bigger ones printed in "large format" paper. After having almost every form cut out, I've noticed that the bigger forms turned out smaller than they should... The 102 mm (4 inch) strongback hole turned out to have only 99 mm (3.90 inch). All the other dimensions got similarly scaled down... The 10th form sheerline went from 10.22 inches to 10.06.

The upside is that only the bigger forms got upset, which are the forms in the center of the kayak and the endforms. The downside is that the reference lines are also messed up, so if I decide to use them as they are I'll have some trouble aligning the forms.

Yeah, I know I should have measured them beforehand...

So besides the fact that I'm going to complain at the print shop, I can't make my mind on what to do next. Any advice? Thanks

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Strip: Printer error made the forms smaller: what to do?
Renato Caldas -- 3/22/2009, 1:57 pm
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Kudzu -- 3/22/2009, 3:10 pm
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Renato Caldas -- 3/22/2009, 5:29 pm
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Kudzu -- 3/22/2009, 6:04 pm