Printing maps

[Jim Chance]

Hi,

Can someone tell me how to print a big map of a big area? I am a bit of a Luddite so please forgive if it is obvious.

I am trying to print a map using some USFS maps I brought in for background with some track lines laid on top. File/Order Printed Maps seems to print a different map with no track lines. File/print gives me what appears to be a screen dump with inadequate resolution when I blow it up.

What I would like to do is pick an area on the screen to print, but print it at a higher resolution so I can blow it up 3 or 4 times as large and have a nice image.

Jim Chance

[ScottMorris]

Hi Jim,

The best way to do this is using the 'Export View' function found in the File menu.  It will produce a JPG (or BMP for better quality) map of the current view, but if you increase the size of the export it will keep the same view and export a high res image.  Depending on your video card it might go as high as 16000x16000 which is quite large (some hardware will be limited to 8192x8192).

Once you have the file, use some image software to print it out.

Feel free to ask further questions.

Thanks

[Jim Chance]

Works great