72" Wide Plotters (only needs to output black and white)?

[awarren]

I have a customer looking for a 72" wide plotter... He only needs black, and fairly simple lines (patterns for cloth cutting). The only thing he needs is accuracy, he prints 72" x 100' (yes feet), but it needs to maintain the accuracy +/- .005 over the 100'. Parts are small (around 2' x 2') so they only need to maintain accuracy to each other.

I don't think the accuracy will be an issue for most new plotters. The hard part is finding something that large that is not made for outdoor signs and such.

Any ideas?

[CADDmanVA]

I have a customer looking for a 72" wide plotter... He only needs black, and fairly simple lines (patterns for cloth cutting). The only thing he needs is accuracy, he prints 72" x 100' (yes feet), but it needs to maintain the accuracy +/- .005 over the 100'. Parts are small (around 2' x 2') so they only need to maintain accuracy to each other.

I don't think the accuracy will be an issue for most new plotters. The hard part is finding something that large that is not made for outdoor signs and such.

Any ideas?

A sign plotter was the first thing I thought of. Why wouldn't that work for your client? Most of them are pen plotters, and have some pretty incredible accuracy.The only HP I know of to handle media that big is the DesignJet 10000s. It's a banner plotter though.

[H'Angus]

Can you get rolls of paper 100' long?

What on earth are you plotting at 72"x100' (1828mmx30480mm) ?

[rkmcswain]

Can you get rolls of paper 100' long?

Our standard roll length is 650 feet. We use about 3 of those per day...

http://www.materialconcepts.com/pages/plotter-paper.asp lists some rolls as large as 72"X1500'