[pct-l] Printing Halfmile maps in color

[Austin Williams]

The short answer is: find a college student.  Many colleges offer color
printing to thier students for as little $0.30 per page.  At my college its
$0.10 per page.  I've never found a cheaper color printing option.  The
idea, I think, is that their tuition offsets the printing costs.  Not sure
how they could afford it otherwise.

Hope it helps,

-Austin




On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Eugene <atetuna at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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
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> 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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