+bhc91 Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 I would like to be able to print multiple listings, similar to downloading multiple waypoints. Please consider adding an additional option or check-box on the listing to not only "Download to EasyGPS" but also to "Print Listing". When I go on an extended vacation, it takes me a couple of seconds to download the waypoints but sometimes an hour or more to print the associated cache listing. Thanks, Bert Link to comment
+Markwell Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 Check out this post. I never do it with more than 4 or 5 caches, and I always print 2 pages per piece of paper. If you have a color printer, set it to print B/W as well and on lowest quality. All this speeds up the print process immensely. Markwell Chicago Geocachers Link to comment
+bhc91 Posted July 22, 2002 Author Share Posted July 22, 2002 Perhaps I was not clear enough. The printer speed is not an issue. Sending each of several cache pages to the printer individually is what takes me too long. I often download/print 50 or more caches for a week-long trip. Clicking "Print Target" from the table of "found" caches is very tedious. I would like to be able to select ALL of the pages found with a search and not only download them but print them all too. Bert. Link to comment
+Markwell Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 What if the other option for the cache pages was not ebook format but RTF? I liked that suggestion in the other thread. If the pages were in RTF format, any word processor could read them - Word or Word Perfect or even the freebie WordPad, and (I presume) a Palm. I think that would solve the same problem. Interesting - you only find infrequently, but you print off 50 at a time? Just curious... Markwell Chicago Geocachers Link to comment
+brawdy Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 I'd love this feature. It would make it so much quicker to print off a batch of cache pages. It never does to leave a live Dragon out of the equation. Link to comment
+GPComd Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 I cut & paste the cache name, coords and description into a MS Word document. I set up a 2-cell table, and insert the Mapquest map at the zoom I need. Then I go and delete all the unnecessary stuff (cache contents, etc) and format the text down to Arial 8. On one sheet of legal size paper I can usually fit 4 caches and their maps. Start to finish the whole procedure (for 4 caches) takes about 10 minutes. The mapquest part is the slowest - no cable modems out here, only good old Ford Model T 56K. This system has worked for me, and I only print it out the day before going on a caching tour. GPComd Contents under pressure, do not puncture. Link to comment
+gnbrotz Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 Markwell, I've used your technique and really like it. However, I wish I could combine that method with the "cache simplifier" utility. IMO, that would be perfection. Greg N 39° 54.705' W 77° 33.137' Link to comment
+Seay me Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 All I do is open a cache page I find interesting then click on File>Print straight from Internet Explorer. chip Link to comment
+bhc91 Posted July 28, 2002 Author Share Posted July 28, 2002 MARKWELL said "Interesting - you only find infrequently, but you print off 50 at a time? Just curious..." Good point! I live in a very remote area with few "local" geocaching opportunities. Therefore, I am only able to hunt dense cache areas during my one or two vacations each year. As you will note in the next couple of days, I have searched I think 10 and found 7 in the past week. I load and print ALL caches in the area I will be vacationing as I do not have a laptop or internet access while vacationing (I usually camp in an area and geocache within 50 miles of that area and I like to have the option of picking which caches to search for based on where I might decide to go each day. Thanks for the reply. Link to comment
+Markwell Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 I was wondering why a Geocacher would kill all those trees I do the same thing while on vacation. My wife laughs because the 3-ring-binder I keep for these trips has just been upgraded to a 2½" one. Markwell Chicago Geocachers Link to comment
+Markwell Posted July 29, 2002 Share Posted July 29, 2002 I was wondering why a Geocacher would kill all those trees I do the same thing while on vacation. My wife laughs because the 3-ring-binder I keep for these trips has just been upgraded to a 2½" one. Markwell Chicago Geocachers Link to comment
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