How best to print google topo maps for hiking purposes

Discussion in 'General GPS Discussion' started by Eddie Powalski, Sep 13, 2013.

  1. I'm just curious if there is a better way to print Google topological
    maps for hiking purposes?

    Here's why google topo maps have an advantage:
    a. Hiking maps, by their very nature, get destroyed in use, so, you want
    a cheap and small set of maps.
    b. USGS maps are too big and too expensive to be useful for rough hiking
    (i.e., hiking in steep hills where the map takes a beating).
    c. You often want to annotate the map ahead of time, with route
    information or whatever, which is best done on a computer that knows GPS
    coordinates

    Now here is the "printer" problem:
    A. Every time *I* print a google topological map in B&W (the only printer
    I have), the isocline lines come out far too light to be useful.
    B. I don't have a color printer (although I guess I could send it off to
    a printer).

    QUESTION:
    Is there a better way to print Google topological maps?
     
    Eddie Powalski, Sep 13, 2013
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  2. Eddie Powalski

    Rod Speed Guest

    Or just buy the cheapest inkjet printer you can find. Costs peanuts.
     
    Rod Speed, Sep 26, 2013
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  3. I swore off ink long ago, after dealing with HP Costco injets.

    Never again will I own an inkjet printer (which can't easily be refilled
    due to shenanigans by the manufacturer).
     
    Eddie Powalski, Oct 4, 2013
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  4. Eddie Powalski

    olym

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    I strongly agree Eddie.
    - the printer is the only cheap part, the inks are extraordinarily expensive. I stopped using printers over 5 years ago. One of the most pleasing decisions I've made :)
     
    olym, Oct 9, 2013
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  5. Eddie Powalski

    Rod Speed Guest

    I didn’t.
    I own two of the same model.
    I got the last of the Canons that don’t have
    chipped carts and when another example
    showed up at a garage/yard sale got
    another of those in case I need any parts.

    No need to refill at all, the carts are so cheap
    off ebay that I just got a box of 20 of each
    color for peanuts and will likely end up tossing
    the last of them because I print so rarely.
     
    Rod Speed, Oct 20, 2013
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