Print Timelines on a Plotter

One of our users sent in this helpful tip about how he printed a large timeline:

I saved the image at the maximum resolution (1,600 pixels) as a png file.

To do this click the Share button above your timeline and then click on the Image option.

This box will appear and allow you to change the pixels:

The dialog has changed since that tip was written, so the 1,600 pixel setting it mentions is no longer one of the choices. Width now offers "Same width as in your browser" along with 720px, 960px, 1200px, 1440px and 1920px, and Zoom offers 200% (High resolution) or 400% (Very high resolution). For a plotter print, pick the widest option and the higher zoom.

Then I sent it to a plotter with a 24" wide paper roll. Fit the image to the paper size in landscape mode. The width was a known (24") and the length was self-determining, depending upon how it fit after being enlarged to fit the 24" wide paper.

So the timeline printout ended-up being 24" high by however long the timeline was; which was rather long.

If you go this route, please email [email protected] afterwards and let us know how it went. We'll include any lessons learned here for people in the future.