How Do I Find Professional Quality Map Printing

quantumsage

I have always drawn maps by hand. Now I am excited to create maps on my new computer. Once I make a large map, is there a business that will print my map for me and mail it to me? Or am i limited to small prints, that I have to attach together?

LadieStorm

If you live in the US, you can take them to Kinko's. Be warned though, it can be expensive, depending on how big you want your maps to be. I don't know if they will mail them to you, but you can always ask.

Lorelei

Check Staples. You can upload and order online. pricing ranges from $10 for an 12x18 $15 for 18x24 and $20 for 24x36. You can either go to the store to pickup or they will mail them (free if over $50) - mailing gets you a better quality thicker paper, but otherwise they really do print up nicely at the Store. Usually takes about a day if you upload the images online first. i print out posters all the time, then store them all in a few tubes for safe keeping and reuse if i ever need (like generic forest battlemaps, etc)

LadieStorm

Huh....I forgot about Staples.

Monsen

Jigsawman advertised his service here.

Dogtag

Posted By: MonsenJigsawman advertised his service here.

You beat me to it, Monsen!

Jay_NOLA

These others got recommended in other threads

The Game Crafter

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/

Poster Jack (Ralph said they have extent print quality)

http://www.posterjack.com/

I think the even have ProFantasy Blog entry that talked about printing services a few years back.

Places like Kinko's etc. can do the print job but you need to ask them about price and what is the best format for you to give them image in for it to be printed.

One of the battle maps video tutorials covers exporting so you get your map perfect for printing

Most people export maps, from what I can gather to a PDF file for printing. So do be aware that it may shrink the image very slightly to fit it to page