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Chapter 22Ten Map Printing TipsIn This Chapter Using legal sized paper Selecting color versus black-and-white maps Printing the scale Displaying UTM grids Using waterproof paper Waterproofing paper Printing more map than you need Ensuring north is up Deciding on landscape versus portrait mode Is it really free?If you’re using a digital map, odds are that sooner or later you’re going towant to print it. Paper maps don’t run out of batteries, and they’re prettyeasy to carry wherever you go. You can just use the Print command to transformthe bits into ink, but some other techniques make using a paper mapeasier.Make Your Paper CountThe more map and information you can get on a sheet of paper, the better.Most home and business printers are usually fed a diet of 8.5 x 11-inch paper . . .but 8.5 x 14-inch, legal size paper exists, too. One legal size sheet gives you 119square inches of print area; an 8.5 x 11-inch sheet has only 93.5 square inchesof print area.Some mapping programs can reduce the map scale to get more data on apage. For example, more of the map appears when you print at 75 percent ofthe original instead of 100 percent. Remember, though, that the detail on themap becomes smaller and more difficult to read when you reduce the scale.