1. Task 19
Explain how to produce hard copies of the drawings, and the advantages and disadvantages of printers and plotters.

2. What will we cover?
How to print
Advantages and disadvantages of printers
Advantages and disadvantages of plotters

3. Producing hard copies of drawings
Select Print Preview option and check that the drawing fits correctly on the paper as required. If correct select the Print option, if not change the print settings and preview until correct.

4. Producing hard copies of drawings
1. Select printer or plotter required
3. Select scale required
2. Select paper size
4. Select paper orientation

5. Printers Advantages Disadvantages Quick Mainly restricted to A4 size
Cheap to run
Do not take up too much space
Produces A4 or A3 sized prints for easy handling

6. Plotters Advantages Disadvantages
Can produce paper copies of various sizes, A4, A3, A2, A1 and sometimes A0
Expensive to operated in terms of paper and ink
Large paper size shows good drawing detail
Hard to load and align paper
Slow print speed