Lightningboy2000 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I am trying to print out a navigation chart to put on the navigators table in a Bristol Beaufort, only for some reasons I am having trouble scaling down and printing. Even having a degree in graphic design doesn't seem to help! The map should be about 8mm on its long side so I would have thought giving the file a high resolution should help. I've given the same resolution as the highest dpi on the printer but I can't seem to get what I want! Has anybody else tried doing this at home. I know that you can buy 1/72 maps but I've got the gear to do it with, but I've already started banging my head against the table! ;-) Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 You said you are having a problem but not described it. Are you struggling with - reducing image in Photoshop? - printing the reduced image? Give us more information, add pictures, screenshots etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Don't know if my method would help you in that scale but for 1/35 I culled some WW1 posters off the interthingy and copied them into Powerpoint. Then reduced the images to very small and printed in colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Photoshop is way more powerful with images than Powerpoint It is still not clear what's wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Perhaps the file being created is too large for the space . PS is awesome, I use it to work on stubborn files. Usually the file is too big when there is a problem of this nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) Sort of akin to what Darby said, I go low-tech with mine, computer-wise.I start with the highest resolution I can find and tweak as required in MS Paint, saved as a TIF file. I paste the image into Open Office to resize it as needed, and print, with no apparent loss of detail. (Same procedure I use for making my own decals.) No 1/72 photos to show, but here's a German military map of Tobruk---found as an image on the internet---that I reduced and printed to 1/25 for my 'Rommel's Rod' a few years back: I think it came out pretty well. Edited August 9, 2016 by thorfinn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 A few thoughts... Have you got the correct driver for your printer, and the most up to date version? Have you got paper that's compatible with the resolution you're trying to print at? I'd try to resize the image to 8mm size at 220dpi in Photoshop, and see what happens if you print that. Then try resizing the original again to 8mm sq at 440 dpi and try that... Best, M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Hi guys, I did fathom it in the end. I had some basic a4 copy paper going through a Epsom SP1290 with a maximum dpi of 1450 or something like that. I decided to make an 8mm file at the same resolution and printed with settings for basic paper. I just thought that it would retain some detail when printed. I've done it now an placed it on the model, with the appropriate navigators tools. I will post some photos but I am pretty bad at not putting up proper build threads. Thanks for the help, I may even give it another go with some better paper. See you another time with some pics. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Sort of akin to what Darby said, I go low-tech with mine, computer-wise. I start with the highest resolution I can find and tweak as required in MS Paint, saved as a TIF file. I paste the image into Open Office to resize it as needed, and print, with no apparent loss of detail. (Same procedure I use for making my own decals.) No 1/72 photos to show, but here's a German military map of Tobruk---found as an image on the internet---that I reduced and printed to 1/25 for my 'Rommel's Rod' a few years back: I think it came out pretty well. Thanks for that, the detail shows up pretty well in 1/25. I guess I'm asking too much from 1/72! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Well this is how it ended up... Yes, I know - I should have started a build thread! My progress in pics is here but I will start something up when I get the time! https://www.flickr.com/photos/data70/albums/72157669183829974 Martin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-21 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 I use the relief maps in used everyday diaries cut too size, look quite realistic in scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 I know this is pretty late to the party, but if you can get your hands on a good old-fasioned manufacturer's catalog---road maps topo maps, or whatever---you can cut out the little illustrations for years' worth of tiny-scale maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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