You may want to consider the resolution factor, you're unlikely to find a projector or large screen LCD over 1080p resolution. On a 52" diagonal screen 1080p works out to about 44 ppi which is about 1/4 the resolution of a cheap printer, going larger with a projector will be a larger version of the same bad image. It depends to some degree on what exactly you're doing with the prints, but if you need to be able to read length and size tags etc from most "standard" formatted shop drawings you'll have real issues more than likely. You should definitely try it before you buy it, as it were. You might look into something like the Dell U30011 30" 2560x1600 monitor as an alternative, though it's pricey at 1300 bucks. Mike Morey, SET, CFPS Sprinkler Designer BMW Constructors, Inc. O: 317.651.0596 | C: 317.586.8111 www.bmwc.com
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of Ralphy Henderson Sent: Tue 5/15/2012 7:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Projector for viewing PDF's? I'm considering something and want to get people's opinion on this. Seeing how a lot of contractors these days aren't issuing a set of blueprints and are instead sending out PDF files, and in an effort to diminish printing costs, I'm considering purchasing a projector connected to the computer to display PDF's full size on the office wall above my monitor. Sure I won't be able to tab things, highlight, or scale them out with my scales but PDF software generally allows for all that stuff now in the software. Has anyone done this or purchased a 52" (diagonal) flat screen to be able to view PDF's at 100% without the need to pan around the screen to see everything at once? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120515/df9090b9/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 4957 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120516/3f2f0dec/attachment.bin> _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
