(not sure this the right place, but) printing downloaded stuff

Bjorn Doneerson · 18th July 2003, 06:33 PM

Like the subject says, I'm not sure where this belongs, so if its in the wrong place, sorry.

Anyway, I'm considering buying some PDF's in the near future. Specifically Upper Krust's upcoming work. He says it will probably be 320 pages, and that seems like far too much to print out if I wanted a hard copy. It was suggested I print it from school, but that won't work out either. Is there any better way to go about printing these kinds of things?

seasong · 18th July 2003, 07:22 PM

Kinko's will print and bind it for you, for several dollars.

It's what I'm going to do with Upper Krust's work

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Bjorn Doneerson · 18th July 2003, 07:31 PM

Cool. But ummm. How much is several?

jmucchiello · 18th July 2003, 08:24 PM

I don't want to disparage Upper Krust's work but do you really think you'll need all 320 pages printed out at once? Most people only print out the sections of a PDF they need at the gaming table and use the rest of the PDF online.

HellHound · 18th July 2003, 11:47 PM

For a 320 page product, Upper Krust would be smart to fund a small print run of it through RPGMall.

The price is reasonable, and for a book that size it would be a no-brainer to buy the print copy as well as the PDF.

seasong · 22nd July 2003, 04:09 PM

Just wanted to give a quick update: I checked with Kinko's, and, uh, no, that's actually a bad idea

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They can do binding for $3-5. That's actually a pretty decent deal. But the cost to print a PDF is around $0.08 a page, which is functionally robbery (they can and will bind books that they didn't print themselves, though).

So, sorry for the bad recommendation.

Bjorn Doneerson · 22nd July 2003, 04:56 PM

Oh well. With the cost of paper and toner, I may just do it from home. The only issue would be the time. But thanks for all the help anyway.

jgbrowning · 30th July 2003, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by HellHound
For a 320 page product, Upper Krust would be smart to fund a small print run of it through RPGMall.

The price is reasonable, and for a book that size it would be a no-brainer to buy the print copy as well as the PDF.

Yep. Excellent prospect for a POD.

joe b.