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Scanning and Printing
Maps from Harmsworth Atlas
and Other Oversize Maps

© copyright 2000 by John Movius, FEEFHS Webmaster, all rights reserved
First Posted: 1 June 2000

See the Harmsworth Map Index

See also the FEEFHS Gazetteer of the Hammsworth Atlas.

Copyright Restrictions: These maps (and all the accompanying text provided with them) are fully copyrighted - all rights reserved - by the copyright owner. They can be ONLY be downloaded for personal non-profit use.

PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL from the copyright owner MUST be obtained to use them in any other way. It took alot effort and expense to create and post these pages on the web. You are well advised to fully respect all aspects of this copyright.

Map size: These oversize (9" by 12 1/2" per page were usually printed by the publishers of the Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer book as a double page - 18" by 12 1/2" in size). As such they are too large for the typical PC scanner that has a 8 1/2" by 14" scanner surface (as used by home offices and Kinkos.

Scanning Method: These maps were scanned using a Colortrac 380 Gx scanner (39 inch wide platen). They were then converted to a JPEG digital image using Adobe Photoshop 5.5 software by Monson Engineering, Inc., a reprographics and scanning services firm at Salt Lake City, Utah.

Commercial Scanner Options at Monson: For large full color scans, a Colortrac 380 Gx scanner at Monson was used for these map scans. It is capable of scanning document images up to 39 inches wide by 40 feet long. It is often used to reproduce USGS topographic maps in full color and to deal with full color architectural renderings of proposed buildings, layouts and assorted other full color graphics.

For black and white scans, Monson currently uses a Vidar Truscan scanner with a 36" wide platen and a 69 foot long image. It is normally used to reproduce large architectual and engineering drawings and graphic banners.

Problems in Printing FEEFHS Maps: These oversize color maps CANNOT be printed out by your home printer. You most likely to have insufficient printer RAM to print out even a small 150K black a white map with many less pixels. To print them, you will need to seek out a commercial reprographics service or commercial graphic printer which have the industrial strength equipment to do the whole job.

Webmaster's Suggestion: IMHO, if you intend to print out any of these Harmsworth Atlas maps you should:
  1. Locate and contact a selected commercial digital printer or reprographics services supplier to determine the digital transfer media they work in.
  2. Determine the compatable digital media options available - i.e. what form of digital storage do they work in and will they accept and return? For example, Monson is only able to deal with 1.4 Meg diskettes, ZIP drive disks and CD-ROMs (no JAZZ or other high density media accepted here).

  3. Download the high resolution (300 dpi) map version (from a 150dpi web page) to a ZIP, JAZZ or burn a CD-ROM (most 300 dpi [and some 150 dpi] digital maps are too large for a 1.4 Meg diskette) that is compatable with your reprographics or commercial digital printer firm.

  4. Take it to your local reprographics or commercial digital printer and have them print it out for you. Only a commercial digital printer can provide the needed full color printout due in part to the large amount of printer RAM required. See Printing Maps for more related Q & A.

A Gentle Reminder - Copyright Restrictions: These maps (and all the accompanying text provided with them) are fully copyrighted - all rights reserved - by the copyright owner. They can be ONLY be downloaded for personal non-profit use.

PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL from the copyright owner MUST be obtained to use them in any other way. It took alot effort and expense to create and post these pages on the web. You are well advised to fully respect all aspects of this copyright.


See the Harmsworth Map Index

See also the FEEFHS Gazetteer of the Hammsworth Atlas.

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