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CQ designs without the computer??


ramona-quilter

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Riddle me this Batman. Do the CQ designs print out, like if

you wanted to print a triangle or panto, is it possible to

install the software and just print the design. Those Linda

feather packs are so wonderful. I would love to put those

triangles into my current quilt.

Do any of you CQ folks, know the answer? Can you just print

the designs from the CQ software??

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Dear "Riddler", :)

There is not a built in print option in the CQ program. I can see where it would be useful to panto users.

You could program all your sizes (quilt and pattern) to fit, then print it off on a banner plotter. Load it on the table and you have custom paper pantos! That would be a great product concept for people that are fussy about their pantos, but are not willing/able to buy CQ.

You never know though, CQ is on the "cutting edge" so I will pass this along to Stan at Compu-Quilter. ;)

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Please do Linda!!! That would be great if they would sell the software with the print feature, because even if you didn't own a banner plotter you could put the info on a disc and take it over to Kinkos or a copy place so they can print it off in the size needed.

I would be interested in this, can't really afford another $14,000 to buy CQ now.

Joann

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When the designs are opened in Autosketch you can use the print function. If you have a large scaler printer or a plotter, you would be able to copy/paste to put repeats together to make the whole design, but if you wanted to print out just the one repeat or motif & it fits onto regular sized paper you can print it out on your home printer. Although we haven't used Autosketch to print out 'tiled' pages (we use a different program for that). I 'm assuming that Autosketch possibly has the capability to printout larger designs in a tiled format on your regular printer so that they can be taped together, if you don't have access to a larger format printer or plotter.

I haven't looked to see if it does it right from CQ command program, but I know that you can output in print form from Autosketch. So just use the .dxf , .dwg, or .skf files to print, if they are available with the design you want to print out.

Jessica

www.digitechpatterns.com ~Digitizing & Pattern Printing Services for Computerized Quilting & Embroidery

www.jessicaschick.com ~ Custom Quilting, Embroidery & Screenprinting

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