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Reprographics or reprography covers a variety of technologies, media, and support services used to make multiple copies of original drawings. Prints of architectural drawings are still sometimes called blueprints, after one of the early processes which produced a white line on blue paper. The process was superseded by the dye-line print system which prints black on white coated paper (Whiteprint). The standard modern processes are the ink-jet printer, laser printer and photocopier, of which the ink-jet and laser printers are commonly used for large-format printing. Although colour printing is now commonplace, it remains expensive above A3 size, and architect's working drawings still tend to adhere to the black and white / greyscale aesthetic.
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== References ==
== Further reading == Carpo, Mario, and Frédérique Lemerle, eds. Perspective, Projections, and Design: Technologies of Architectural Representation. London ; New York: Routledge, 2008. Spiro, Annette, David Ganzoni, and Mario Carpo, eds. The Working Drawing: The Architect’s Tool. Zurich: Park Books, 2013. Wells, Matthew. Survey: Architecture Iconographies. Zurich : Park Books ; Drawing Matter, 2021. Yerkes, Carolyn. Drawing after Architecture: Renaissance Architectural Drawings and Their Reception. Prima edizione. Premio James Ackerman per La Storia Dell’architettura 8. Vicenza : [Venice]: Centro internazionale di studi di architettura Andrea Palladio ; Marsilio, 2017.