Embedded Files
Use the print tool to create a printout of the current map extent.
Use the print tool to create a printout of the current map extent.
How to Print
How to Print
- Click the Print tool.
- Type a title for the map in Map title
- Choose a Layout format
- 11x17_Landscape
- 11x17_Portrait
- 8x11_Landscape
- 8x11_Portrait
- MAP_ONLY*
- Choose a print format
- EPS (Encapsulated PostScript - high resolution printing)
- GIF (Graphics Interchange Format - high quality)
- JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group - lower quality)
- PDF (Portable Document Format - this is the default)
- PNG32 (Portable Network Graphics - 32 bit)
- PNG8 (Portable Network Graphics - 8 bit)
- SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics - XML)
- SVGZ (Scalable Vector Graphics - smaller than SVG)
- Click Print. A progress bar will display and a link to the printout will display when completed.
- Print the printout.
- Click Clear to remove the printouts.
*Please exercise caution when using the MAP_ONLY layout. The printout will NOT include a legend or disclaimer. Do not use this option for maps that will be distributed.
Advanced Print Options
Advanced Print Options
- Click Advanced for more print options (this will NOT be available for the MAP_ONLY layout).
- Choose to preserve the Map Scale/Extent or enter a scale.
- map scale - the printout will maintain its scale around the center point
- map extent - adjusts the scale on the printout to fit the current map extent
- Check to show Labels. Labels will include township and range, section numbers and lease numbers on the printout.
- Check to include a legend.
- Choose the units for the scale bar (Miles, Kilometers, Meters or Feet).
- If using the MAP_ONLY layout choose the size of the printout in pixels.
- Choose the DPI (dots per inch) for the printout. The higher the DPI the better print quality (96 is the default).
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