Printing FTM wide-format

I want to print a very large tree. The manual says "If you can get
access to a plotter......" I've called all over Chicago with no
results. 99% have never heard of a plotter, including Kinkos, Office
Max etc. The few that have wide-format printers say they cannot load a
computer disc. Has anyone successfully done this?

Joe Makowiec...

WhollyGenes, maker of The Master Genealogist, has a chart printing
service:

They can print directly from a FTM file. Max listed size of 3' x 30'
costs US$70, and they say they can go larger.

Hugh Watkins...

once you find a plotter

get the driver for the plotter installed on your own computer

and print to file

then sent the file by email to the print firm

I only know this as theory so chck it out first with the owner of the
plotter

searching the web found

I have noconnection with them

Hugh W

THEY WON'T BE CHEAP

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Rich256...

Engineering firms print wide format. The problem would be to find one that
would accept the FTM format.

HP has been making plotters for 40 years or more.

The plotters I have seen run directly from a computer. I saw one plotter
that was limited only by the length of the cord fastened to the device
carrying the pen. The paper was laid out on the floor and the drawing done
by a motor driven unit. I would expect it would be very expensive to use.

You can of course print it on your printer and paste all the pages together.
I once looked at what it would take to print a large tree. It was hundreds
of pages and would cover a wall.