CUM SA PRINTEZI TIPARELE

. Introduction

It is great if you have large format printer or plotter but what to do if you have just a regular Letter or A4 size

printer? You might think that printing a large pattern on a small format printer could be a challenge for you. With our

website using tiling feature, that's easy. It might take you up to 30-40 minutes to assemble pattern tiles for the first

time. Next time you'll be able to assemble your patterns in just 10-15 minutes, compared to 4-6 days of snail mail

delivery. Let us guide you through the whole printing process.

Please note: to print PDF patterns, you need to have Adobe Acrobat (not just acrobat reader) it supports Tiled

Printing otherwise you need to convert PDFs to a DWF viewer supported format, search for converters:

Download Autodesk Design Review

or use Free PDF files tiling for easy poster printing without any additional software

2. Printing sewing patterns with the Autodesk DWF Viewer

using tile feature
After you chose the DWF or PDF viewer by clicking an icon, you'll see the preview window showing your pattern

pieces. In this window you can use magnifying feature to view details of the patterns.

Click the printer icon and a new window will appear to allow you to adjust the printer settings.

Usually you will need to set up just a few options, but if you want to get maximum functionality from the Autodesk

DWF Viewer, please refer to its help file by clicking the "help" button.

Follow the detailed instructions below to print your patterns.

 Select Printer.

 Choose Paper size. Our patterns are prepared for A0 size printer/plotter - 80cm (32") width. You need to

use tiling feature for small size printers and set maximum paper size for your printer. (Letter or

Legal (US); A4-A3(International)

 Set Print to Scale - 100% and Tile Pages

 Click Show print preview

 Take a look at the number of tiled pages you get based on page size entered. Change the page layout

to Landscape to see if the number of tiled pages has increased. If not, change the layout back

to Portrait
 Check all your settings one more time to make sure that everything is OK. Click Print to print your

patterns.

3. Assembling the tiles

3.1. What you need

- letter/legal (US) or A3-A4 (International) size paper

- glue stick (do not use liquid glue as it will make the paper pucker)

- scissors

- ruler

- pencil

3.2. Laying out the pages(tiles) in correct order

The order of pages coming out of the printer is shown at the right picture (this assumes your print

order places the first page on the bottom of the stack).

You need to lay out the pages(tiles) on an even surface (carpet, table) as it shown on the left half of

the drawing.

To do the layout, take the page on top of the pile in printer tray (the last page), which is going to be

uppermost right page of your layout. Place each next sheet to the left until you get to the end of the
row (refer to the picture on your monitor to determine which page is last in this row). The next row

starts from the right again. This next row should be placed under the previous row.

3.3. Assembly

The assembling process is shown on the picture.

- Pages must be matched to each other at cross ticks in corners.

- You will need to cut off left and top margins of each page ( dashed line on the picture): draw lines of

left and top margins by connecting cross ticks in corners. Now cut off thin strips along these lines.

Make sure you don't cut the paper inside the border. It's better to cut 1-2 mm outside the border.

- Keep right and bottom margins of each page uncut.

- Turn the sheet you've just trimmed, and spread glue along the cut edges at about 1.5cm(0.5) ( gray

stripes on the picture). Place the sheet glued edge down onto another sheet, matching cross ticks.

- Glue the sheets in the order that is shown on the picture from uppermost left page to bottom.

3.4. Cutting out paper pieces

After the whole layout has been assembled (glued), you can proceed to cutting out individual pieces

(sleeve, belt, pocket etc.). Cut each pattern piece on its outer line.

Your paper patterns are now ready to lay out on the fabric so you can cut out and sew

your garment!