Printing

Printing is an 'interesting one'. There are 2 aspects to consider.

• The format of the output (is it a picture of the map, a textual outline or something completely different.)
• The physical mechanism of getting it to a printer (and selecting paper sizes etc.)

All three variants of the app (iOS, Mac and Windows) take a slightly different approach.

iOS

To print a map, tap on the Share toolbar button then on Print.

This will generate a PDF of the printed output and preview it. You will then choose Share again (whilst previewing) then Print.

Mac

To print a map hit CMD+P or select Print from the File menu.

This will generate a PDF of the printed output and send it to the built in Mac Preview app. Once in there, you can choose CMD+P again to actually print it.

Printing Options

The options available to you when printing (from iOS/Mac) are as follows:

• Map Page Size - this is the paper size that you intend to print on.
• Map Scale - if you set this to 'Single Page' then the map will be squeezed onto a single page (of the size above.) If you choose a specific scale then the map will be broken up over multiple pages. - the idea being that you print out the pages then stick 'em together later.
• Notes Appendix - if ticked, topic notes will be added in subsequent pages.
• Images Appendix - if ticked, topic images will be added in subsequent pages.
• Linked Maps - if ticked, any linked maps will be included in the one PDF (print job.)
• Watermark - this is text that will be placed in the bottom right corner of the map image. You might use this for a copyright notice. You can include 'variables' in the text - for example "$name - $modified © ACME":
  • $name (name of the map)
  • $path (path of the map)
  • $modified (date/time of the most recently modified topic in the map.)

Windows

File -> Print (CTRL P) will print the map (or selected topics.) You choose the printer and paper size and the map is scaled to fit on a single page. You can also print to PDF.