Reprographics

We've been providing San Diego reprographics to Architects, Engineers, and Contractors since 1963. With so many options in the digital reprographics industry, trust your business in one that has been here since the beginning. We can supply you with the highest quality in reprographics printing, it is what we do best. Learn more about our Blueprint or Planwell Enterprise services.




Plotting Formats

The Advance Reprographics Plotting Department supports a wide variety of industry-standard file formats. If you are working in AutoCAD, we strongly recommend using the AutoCAD VIC driver to make accurate, print-ready files directly out of AutoCAD. The .vic is the native file format of Apprentice, our large-format print server. Both Apprentice and the VIC driver are made by AutoDesk. Upon installation, the VIC24.pc3 driver will appear in your AutoCAD plot configuration dialog along with you other plotters. For more information,

If you are not using AutoCAD and want to send plot files, we recommend HGPL/2 plot files (configured for an HP 650, 750, 755CM, 1055, etc). Additonally, we can plot TIFF, CALS and PDF files. In order to plot native AutoCAD DWG files, we must receive all supporting files: fonts, Xrefs, .ctb/pc2, etc. To ensure all files are included, make an eTransmit (R2000 and higher) or Pack & Go (R14). Without all supporting files, we cannot guarantee either accuracy or a quick turnaround. Please note that we also charge more to plot AutoCAD DWG files than we do to plot other formats.

Files formats:

VIC [link to VIC page]
HPGL/2 plot files
HGPL plot files
PDF
LDF (made by the Oce Publisher) [link to the Oce Plan Center page]
TIFF Group IV
TIFF Group III
TIFF Packbits
TIFF Uncompressed
CalComp 906/907/PCI
CALS Group IV
HP-RTL (color and monochrome)
AutoCAD DWG (R2.5-R2002)
AutoCAD DXF

Media Accepted:

CD ROM
DVD-ROM
ZIP 100,250
3.5” Floppy
FTP
Email

Software:

AutoCAd

DPI:

300 dpi