IL's Big Map

[Imperious Leader]

yes i have this version.

Also, i prefer styrene plastic in 1/8 or 1/4 inch thick in plates. The map is 72 wide with charts and 60 with no charts.

so for 72 you have 6 plates of 24 inch side to side. if you go with 60 you stick with 20 inch side to side. In either case the map is cut into 6 pieces so its an easy transport.

The lamination is applied directly to these sheets in a fashion that makes it like its part of the plastic.

Basically any proper printing place can do this…except kinkos. Kinkos is the Mcdonalds of the printing business and should be avoided at all costs. Find a real printer.

AAAflagandbanner.com can do the job.

[jeffdestroyer]

IL,

Do you have an close of photos of your map printed at “Flag and Banner” that shows the quality produced?

[miragehunter]

Hi IL, I’m new here and love your anniversary map!  You have been probably asked this before.  But, is their a way to print this off with my printer at home with out having to each page off.  An then line up your page again before your print another page off?  Sorry if it’s a stupid question.

[Imperious Leader]

Do you have an close up photos of your map printed at “Flag and Banner” that shows the quality produced?

Just print one page of the map on your own computer at maximum quality and add 50%.

You have been probably asked this before.  But, is their a way to print this off with my printer at home with out having to each page off.  An then line up your page again before your print another page off?  Sorry if it’s a stupid question.

if you have a canon printer, set it to poster setting and borderless. If not then yes you have to wing it by printing section by section. You will have to overlap by .5 inches and cut each page to do it correctly.

AAA uses a HP5000 large format deskjet printer at max resolution of 1200 x 600

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF10a/18972-18972-3328061-12600-3328080-25300.html

[miragehunter]

Thanks IL.  I have an HP.  I had a feeling that it was going to be the latter of the two. :-(  Oh well.  I can’t wait to have this printed up.  You know of any places that sells the game pieces separately, so I can add on enough units from my revised set?

[Imperious Leader]

just preorder the AA42 game for $25.99 like i did. Repaint some British for Italian from an older AA Milton Bradley set.  You can also use the MB german which are light grey so that will be better.

[HBG]

I had a 36" X 72" map printed as one sheet with a 5 mil laminate on both sides for $100.00
It looks great!
Thanks IL !

[Imperious Leader]

where did you get it done?

thats cheap.

[HBG]

IL, I would like your latest AAHE50 map with malta and no charts and the fixes you have made.
Could you give me the link please.

Anybody know the trick to inser an image on this?

[Imperious Leader]

The link is 1.5 inches above your post.

[HBG]

No charts,
the link is with charts.

[Imperious Leader]

ok one sec.

http://www.mediafire.com/?nrynnmizwzn

[HBG]

IL, I must be saying it incorrectly.
I would like the latest map with all the fixes WITH malta and Azores and no charts.
Thanks a bunch!

[Imperious Leader]

ok ill get it done.

[Imperious Leader]

i could not PNG it its exceeds all memory for that.

This version has some new pictures and no charts 72.5 wide, 36.5 high

http://www.mediafire.com/?dfojznunnnm

[Shakespeare]

OK I understand the new AxisAlliesMega map, that is the combined AAE40 and AAE40, will be 70 inches by 35 inches, so that is very comparable to IL’s fine map.

How does that compare to the AA50 map size, is that significantly larger? I’m at work so I can’t measure the AA50 map.

And by the way how does that measure up to The Wargame: WWII by Pegasus board game size??

Thanks for any answers.

[Imperious Leader]

And by the way how does that measure up to The Wargame: WWII by Pegasus board game size??

no. that thing is huge. I have 2 copies of the original map which is 8 x 4 feet

[HBG]

I just printed IL’s map 46" x 92"
This is great!

[Imperious Leader]

Yes and the picture? :-D

[Panzer Leader]

Hi IL,

I just wanted to let you know I think that is one sweeeet map you made. :-D

I downloaded both chart and no chart versions and it came up on my Adobe Professional Program with a warning that it may not display correctly, but everything looks good to me. So I printed on our printer at work here on a 11 X 17 ledger size in full color to see and wow it looks good. I assumed this is only for AA50.

There is a place in Calgary here that prints up to 60" wide paper X as long as you want and they laminate as well. I have a couple of home made maps I done over the years (Pacific and Europe - before they existed, 4’ X 3’) and they laminated all of them for me, so they should make this map look fantastic. It is way better then the three pieces you place together that always move around, and the laminate also protects from drunk player spills, which is great as it can happen.

You really do spend a lot of time working on this stuff for everyone’s elses pleasure.  :-)

If I could leave positive feedback for you I would, but not enough posts yet, so someone else please do it for me as IL deserves the praise. 8-)

Keep your stick on the ice!