[pct-l] about maps @ hikermaps.com

[Tony@TonyNitz.com (Tony Nitz)]

Hey Michael,

The best way I've found to print the maps is to not print them from your Internet Explorer window.  If you have an imaging program, such as Microsoft Photo Editor or Image Composer or Adobe Photoshop or Photo Delux, then save the maps images onto your hard drive and open the images in the imaging program.  You can save the images from Internet Explorer by clicking the right mouse button, which displays a menu, then select the "Save Picture As..." option.  After you open the image in your imaging program, make sure the image is sized to 150dpi, and print it using the maximum resolution your printer will allow.  Also, the Oregon maps were formated to print on 14" long paper, so standard 
letter or A4 paper will be too short.  The southern California maps should print on standard letter or A4 with no problems.  I'm hoping to be able to reformat the Oregon maps soon, but probably not before the start of the thru-hike season.

If you must print directly from you Internet Explorer window, you will have to experiment with the printer settings.  Unfortunately, Internet Explorer forces all images to display at 72dpi.  This will cause my maps to look larger than they were originally created, since they were produced at 150dpi resolution.  Try setting your printer to print the image at a size of 55%.  If that prints out too large or too small, you can try changing the size percentage until you find a percentage that prints acceptably on the paper you are using.

Glad you like the maps, but obviously they are not perfect yet.  I'll keep working on them until I have the entire trail finished and all the bugs worked out.  I hope the information I've provided here helps, and I hope you enjoy your hike.

Take it easy,
Tony

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From: "Michael Gosnell" <michaelgosnell@hotmail.com>
To: pct-l@backcountry.net
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:37:31 +0000
Subject: [pct-l] about maps @ hikermaps.com

Tony Nitz, or anyone who could help,

  For future reference, how do you make the maps smaller to print out from the hikermaps.com website.  Right now, when I try to print the maps out, only a portion of the map is printed.  Sorry if if I'm being stupid, but I'm not sure what to do.
  Great website, by the way!!

Michael G.


   'The mountains are calling and I must go.'

                                John Muir