Griffiths Valuation - help needed- COMPLETED

[newbie]

just checked and I can buy irish origins access for 72 hours for £4.50 so that seems worth doing I think, I dont have time to day as visitors arriving very soon   but will do it on Monday

has anyone seen whether the pages print well from origins?
pauline.

[shanew147]

As far as I remember the Origins Network uses a viewer component, similar idea to the system Ancestry uses, so it may complicate producing your printouts ..


Shane

[heywood]

Quite a while ago I am sure I printed Griffiths pages and a couple of the maps from Origins wiith no problems- got A4 sheets with all the info.
When I read this thread, I knew I had done it from somewhere but couldn't remember- thanks for jogging my memory.
I find the viewer on AskIreland really difficult- just get a tiny box to move around in. I am however, using a netbook -10in screen so that doesn't help because I suppose the viewing screen is proportionate to the size of the computer screen 
heywood

[Oaks and Acorns]

I get the Griffiths maps in full screen by clicking on the large magnifying glass. I thought that was normal.

Dara.

[Oaks and Acorns]

Just checked the printout - on A4 it prints about half the page size in portrait and about 3/4 of a page in landscape.

The bit I can't figure out is how to cut and paste a small section of the map.

Any suggestions welcome.

Dara.

[shanew147]

I've found that browsers are not always very good at printing screens like this containing graphics or mixed graphics and text. It's worth trying a different browser version as this can sometimes help - e.g. Firefox, Chrome etc

For Griffiths pages, map extracts etc, the way that has worked best for me (assuming that the image doesnt allow a right-click save option..) is to screenshot the image directly from the browser, and then print the image. If you have a graphics editor you can also join a series of screenshots together if required. If not you could use something like MSWord, then you can fine tune the image and select the required print options. e.g.

press shift-'print screen'  to capture the entire screen
open MS Word and start a new document
paste the captured image - using right-click, paste

The options depend a little on the version of Word you have, but you can resize the image , crop or rotate etc



Shane

[newbie]

Thanks for all the help and suggestions,
Dara - yes that was happening to me, use the magnifying glass to enlarge the image, but when printing the map it still only printed the tiny image.

Now completed though,

many thanks
Pauline.