Printing
Tips
My printable Pacific Crest Trail maps are easy to print,
multi-page .pdf files; 8 1/2 x 11 inches and optimized for
high quality printing.
If your printer produces good results printing photographs,
it should give good results printing these maps. Many
printers have settings to improve print quality. Experiment
with these settings and print a few test maps first. If
your printer has options to improve printing of fine detail
or high quality settings try using these.
Turn off page
scaling when printing
maps. In the Adobe Acrobat print window make sure “Page
Scaling” is set to “None”. The default setting is usually
“Fit to Printable Area”. This default setting shrinks the
size of the maps and adds a larger white margin.
Good quality paper will improve the appearance and
durability of your maps. Buy high quality inkjet paper if
you are using an inkjet printer. 500 sheets of high quality
inkjet paper can be purchased for around $8.
For best results use Adobe Acrobat
Reader for printing,
even if your computer has another program that reads .pdf
files. Adobe Acrobat prints better than Preview on a
Macintosh, for example.
Low Cost Print
Services
A company called LazerQuick
in Portland, Oregon will
print all the PCT maps in color, 2-sided printing for $75
plus shipping. The print quality from LazerQuick is
excellent.
You can contact them by
email [center48@lazerquick.com]
or phone [503-228-6306] and ask them about "Halfmile's PCT
Maps". They should know what you are talking about. They
have copies of my map files there, so you just need to
email or call them to work out any printing you want done.
If you decide to use LazerQuick's services it's between you
and them. I make no money from this referral. I am just
passing the information on as an option and hope it helps
someone. I know printing 450 pages of maps can be a chore,
especially if you don't have a good printer.
-Halfmile