AWESOME!!! Thank you.
I can’t find where somewhere mentioned how they printed this large map out on regular 8.5" x 11" paper and pieced it together. Any tips for this or approximate pricing to have a large printout of this made at Office Max/Depot?
well tell them its 72x36 and ask for a price quote. They charge per Sq ft. 216 is what you got.
I checked at my local (Jamestown, NY) OfficeMax and Kwik Kopy - they were both similiar to IL’s price - right around $200 or so.
That’s for a single 36x72 color print mounted on foam core and laminated.
you don’t want foam, unless its a roll up and the foam is made of a cloth type material.
You want semi gloss and highest DPI. Remember this is 100% vector art and the better resolution will show its quality.
You can also give them the material and they can mount it to it and cut into pieces about 24x18 each…giving you 6 pieces
Just don’t choose a material that will wrinkle, warp or crack.
Ack!! $200 is too high. I’ll try to print it out on multiple 8.5" x 11" pages and tape it together! :p
@Imperious:
you don’t want foam, unless its a roll up and the foam is made of a cloth type material.
You want semi gloss and highest DPI. Remember this is 100% vector art and the better resolution will show its quality.
You can also give them the material and they can mount it to it and cut into pieces about 24x18 each…giving you 6 pieces
Just don’t choose a material that will wrinkle, warp or crack.
No, foam core or foam board is a type of “board”. it is about 1/4 inch of foam that has a very thick, high-gloss, white “paper” (for lack of a better term) mounted on both sides; so it is very thick, sturdy, and has a high gloss finish.
It is used for signs, displays, etc.
The downside of foam core is that it’s not portable. If someone is looking for a map that can be rolled up or folded, foam core is NOT the way to go.
Thanks.
high gloss will present problems in evening hours when you use overheat lights because they glare the map.
I have made this mistake before, but of course its up to you.
i recommend semi gloss.
@Imperious:
high gloss will present problems in evening hours when you use overheat lights because they glare the map.
I have made this mistake before, but of course its up to you.
i recommend semi gloss.
Good call - what do you use?
Ack!! $200 is too high. I’ll try to print it out on multiple 8.5" x 11" pages and tape it together! :p
A couple of years ago I edited an Imperious Revised Map using Window Picture and Fax Viewer to make my prototype map.
I printed each page and placed it on a roll of paper.
I taped over the edges and I use a sheet of plexiglass to keep the paper down. $30 for the plexiglass was the most expensive part.
Exactly!
I use MS Office Publisher and use a .2 overlap. Gives you some wiggle room when slicing and dicing. I tape the back of it together and then use clear contact paper over the top. It comes out very nice. This is my third board and every time it gets a little easier.
24’ x 18" of clear contact paper is like $6-7. I mount it on hardboard with a frame which runs another $20 or so.
Too many fun boards out there to try out (e.g., AARHE) to sink $200+ into each one before they are stabilized.
I can fit two of them nicely in the back of my Toyota Corolla and schlep to all our gaming events. Once you play on a big board, there is no going back.
The magnets are a bit pricey, but it was worth it for me.
Exactly!
I use MS Office Publisher and use a .2 overlap. Gives you some wiggle room when slicing and dicing. I tape the back of it together and then use clear contact paper over the top. It comes out very nice. This is my third board and every time it gets a little easier.
24’ x 18" of clear contact paper is like $6-7. I mount it on hardboard with a frame which runs another $20 or so.
Too many fun boards out there to try out (e.g., AARHE) to sink $200+ into each one before they are stabilized.
I can fit two of them nicely in the back of my Toyota Corolla and schlep to all our gaming events. Once you play on a big board, there is no going back.
The magnets are a bit pricey, but it was worth it for me.
What magnets? For what?
See my previous post http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=12823.msg357475#msg357475 (I posted a picture of it being built).
I put a layer of sheet metal underneath my map so I can hang it on the wall at work. I’m putting neodymium magnets on all my pieces & chips. So now we can play at the office over lunch breaks, hang the map up when lunch is over, and keep the board is set up and ready for the next lunch break.
Here is my map modification to a larger Western USA to accommodate all the builds there; rather than to tolerate the small Western USA as printed upon the map which is much too small to receive all the units it will receive during the game! Works fine now!!
how do you do that? huh?
Just scanned the Western USA part of the map.
Then enlarged it to an appropriate size by guessing what size would still fit the map and not look too bad or obviously “home made,” but still would be larger enuff to fit my needs of a larger Western USA. Kind of hit and miss on the enlarging. I initially printed out a couple of drafts on paper to see how well it would fit once I was ready to place it.
I had to darken the scan somewhat to get it to be same tone as the board colors.
Then I selected a semi gloss photo paper and printed it.
Then trimmed the map down to the coastline leaving the “light water” edge on the map. I also trimmed the northern part of enlarged map to allow it to fit better into the already existing coastline where it joined to Canada and voila it was done!!
I secured it to the map with tiny strips of double backed scotch tape.
The only caveat is that it allows Mexico access to sea zone 56 and it covers up the 55 in seazone 55 and it partially obscures “San Francisco,” but I’ll either let that go or relabel it Los Angeles! Go Dodgers!!
See my previous post http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=12823.msg357475#msg357475 (I posted a picture of it being built).
I put a layer of sheet metal underneath my map so I can hang it on the wall at work. I’m putting neodymium magnets on all my pieces & chips. So now we can play at the office over lunch breaks, hang the map up when lunch is over, and keep the board is set up and ready for the next lunch break.
That’s beautiful!
I must be dumm. I can’t figure a way to print out Imperial’s entire map on a OCE printer from Adobe Reader. No matter what i do it only prints out a single page, of some random area on the map. :(
Thats easy. you need to set it as poster. You have your printer set for a page file that’s normal.
You will also set the print to preview so your not wasting paper.
When you change these settings when the preview is shown you will see the print of a very small area of the map.
rest assured when you see this you have done it correctly and can print it.
Try them and post if you have further problems.
@Imperious:
Thats easy. you need to set it as poster. You have your printer set for a page file that’s normal.
You will also set the print to preview so your not wasting paper.
When you change these settings when the preview is shown you will see the print of a very small area of the map.
rest assured when you see this you have done it correctly and can print it.
Try them and post if you have further problems.
I couldn’t find a option to set it to “poster” anywhere in Adobe Reader and in either of the two printers I tried printing it on. where is this “poster” option, within Adobe Reader, the Adobe Print dialog, or within the printer specific options?
follow these steps.
control panel
printers
click your printer ( i have 3 you may have 1 just click the one you want to print)
click printing preferences
page set up
poster printing
specify
then toggle on the following:
all
print cut/paste lines
divided into is up to the number of pieces you want…take 16
