Re: Printing large manuals, was: Vector CadCam

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Tim Goldstein" <timg@k...> wrote:

> I would highly recommend a utility called Fineprint (
> http://www.fineprint.com )if you need to print out much

documentation. It

> allows you to print them booklet form with 4 pages per sheet and all
> properly paginated or to print them duplex on a non-duplex printer.

I have

> used it for about a year and a competing product for about 5 years.
> Fineprint is the best I have run into and I would feel lost without

it. With

> all the documentation I end up printing for this hobby (data sheets,
> schematics, good posts I want to keep, etc.) It has ore than paid

for itself

> in paper and toner saving. Will be an easier payback for you ink

jet users.

>

Tim
Thank you very much for this link.
Years ago I used to have a program that ran as a macro inside Word 2
called 4 to 1 or similar. This was like fine print but more basic.
Unfortunatley it wouldn't run in later versions. I really missed this
but Fine print is a far better product. I have down loaded the demo
and will be registering it next week.

On a side note about printers and printer supplies. With the
exception of one big Epson A2/A3 printer as all the others have run
out of ink we have replaced them with Xerox Docuprints of various
models.
This has been done purely as a cost exercise. The older HP's and
Lexmarks all had the print head as part of the cartridge so
replacement costs were high. Two weeks ago the last Lexmark ran out,
the cost in the UK for two new cartiges would have been 47 pounds.
A new Docuprint cost us 55 pounds. So we have paid 8 pounds over the
odds for a new printer. The Docuprint range though only carries ink
tanks with can be refilled for mere pence. The colour tanks are all
seperate so you need only fill or replace what you need to.

John Stevenson