Guides
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Short, specific guides written from the print floor: what building departments expect on paper, what each sheet size is for, and how to keep a set from being printed twice.
How many sheets is a permit set, and what does it cost to print?
Typical sheet counts for residential and commercial permit sets in Greater Boston, how many copies building departments want, and worked print costs.
7 min readSheet sizes24 × 36 vs 30 × 42 vs 36 × 48: which sheet size for your construction plans
How to choose between Arch D, Arch E1 and Arch E sheets, when a half-size set is enough, and what each size costs to print.
6 min readHow-toHow to print construction plans from a PDF without a reprint
The export settings, page-size checks, color decisions, and delivery details that keep a plan set from being printed twice.
6 min readCostsWhat it costs to print a full set of construction drawings in Boston
Worked print costs for a deck permit, a new house, a commercial fit-out and a multifamily set at published Boston per-sheet rates, and what moves the number.
8 min readSheet sizesHalf-size vs full-size plans: what to print for the jobsite and the office
When a half-size set at 11 × 17 or 18 × 24 is enough, when the crew needs full-size 24 × 36, how scale changes when you reduce, and what each costs in Boston.
7 min readWhere to printWhere can I print construction plans near Boston? Sizes, files, prices and turnaround
The four ways to print a construction set in Greater Boston, what each costs per 24×36 sheet, which file to send, which sizes exist, and how fast each one is.
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