[pct-l] Printing Halfmile maps in color

[Eugene]

Okay, this was bothering me.  I want color maps, but every way I've looked up is prohibitively expensive.  I've been trying to find cheaper way to print maps.  Buying is cheap laser printer is $250, or $400, or $550, etc, depending on how long toner lasts.  Inkjets get pricey too, even if you refill your own cartridges.  Even online printing like Kinko's is still a couple hundred.  Still, I think I found a solution.
Publishing a book.
I'm trying www.lulu.com and it's saying it can do all 442 pages in a coil bound paperback (easy for page flipping) for less than $100.  Another advantage to coil bound is that get more coils and to make smaller section books.  A hardcover is about $10 more, but formatting the page size may be a nightmare.
I'm working on mine right now, but it's a real hassle.  First you have to make sure fonts are embedded, then rotate all pages the same way, then somehow convince Lulu that your pages are 8.5x11, not 11x8.5.  The last step is what's killing me.  I have a single page, and no matter which way I rotate it, Lulu says I have it wrong.
Anyway, let me know if this is something you guys are interested in, and I'll share more details, or even share the final product that you can buy off of Lulu.
- Eugene

From: atetuna at hotmail.com
To: evan.silverberg at lfg.com
Subject: RE: [pct-l] Digital maps
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 15:20:29 -0800








The Kinko's website is quoting over $3 a page for color laminated sheets.  At that cost I'd rather buy a brand new color laser printer on Newegg ($100) and a couple packs of waterproof paper.
Let's see, let's trim the Kinko price down to $3 for a double-side pages, assuming you can get some kind of discount.  Halfmile's maps are 442 pages.  That would cost over $650 to print.
Let's take the cost of a printer ($140), an extra set of color cartridges ($200), and 250 pages of waterproof paper ($125).  That option costs $540.  This option is a lot cheaper if you shop around for toner, somehow stretch the starter toner to do all the maps, or find a way to refill the cartridges yourself.  I'm sure it's possible.  Maybe I'll research that later on.
Either way, I can't believe how expensive it is!
- Eugene

> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:39:11 -0500
> From: Evan.Silverberg at lfg.com
> To: subs at kronhead.com; pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Digital maps
> 
> Or why-not just laminate them before you leave. They'll be protected,
> last longer, the when you finish the PCT, you can hang them on your
> wall...
> 
> 
> Evan Silverberg 
> Lincoln Financial Group 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net
> [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Dan Kronstadt
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:37 PM
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Digital maps
> 
> There is inkjet paper that is called "waterproof" - but I am not sure if
> 
> you also need special inks or not.
> 
> Dan
> 
> Erik The Black wrote:
> > If you are bending over a spring gathering water and your maps
> accidentally
> > slide off your pack right into the pool of water, you can just pull
> them out
> > and dry them in the sun (as long as you didn't make the mistake of
> printing
> > your own maps with an inkjet printer, in which case they will be
> smudged
> > beyond recognition). 
> >
> >
> > It's much better to carry a set of real paper maps (preferably printed
> using
> > a laser printer or better so they will not fade, smudge and smear from
> > raindrops, fingerprints and moisture, as home-made inkjet prints will
> do)
> >
> >
> > Happy trails,
> > -Erik the Black
> > www.blackwoodspress.com
> >
> >
> >   
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