OTmkII: Printed Manual?

[darenager]

Another +1 for doxdirect by far the best I have used and great quality/price ratio.

[lowph]

@AdamJay

I used printme1.com to get a spiral bound, double sided printed copy of the PDF manual.

The page #s at the bottom are slightly cut off but still legible. If I had to do it again, I would have saved a copy of the PDF scaled down to 95% to prevent that.

I know I’m replying to a super old post, but wanted to thank you for the tip on this printing service!

I tried at a couple more well-known businesses and they refused to print it because it’s technically under copyright.

By the way, I didn’t scale down the PDF and it came out perfect. Maybe the PDF changed or that place changed their printing method.

From time to time I really like going back to the manual for the OT, and it’s no fun to read a PDF on my phone

[Funkyswitches]

NotNot an OT, but maybe you get the idea…

I can sell you an OT manual for $50 plus shipping…

Good luck!

[trocazero]

So https://www.doxdirect.com doesn’t ship internationally any longer it seems. Anyone have any recommendations for other print services within the EU? I live in Sweden.

[obscurerobot]

@trocazero

Anyone have any recommendations for other print services within the EU? I live in Sweden.

I can’t recommend a service, but my notes on DIY printing and binding are below. If you already have a printer, a binding machine pays for itself after 3 manuals or so. If you don’t have a printer, maybe 6-8 manuals will do it?

I recommend specific equipment that I used, but I’m fairly confident that everything other than the Brother printer can be swapped out with similar stuff. Nothing comes close to the Brother in terms of cost:value ratio. And I say that as a ‘90s HP enthusiast (when HP used top shelf Canon guts for their lasers)

The joy of printed manuals : )

Success! [image] Equipment used (and I recommend / endorse): Brother HL-2370DW - but any duplexing printer will do. I’ve had good luck with the Brother HL-23xx series, they remind me of the '90s HP LaserJets & Apple LaserWriters Generic 20lb printer/copy paper MAKEASY Comb Binding Machine, but I suspect most binding machines in this price range are functionally identical. Crystal Clear Binding Covers Amazon Basics 5/8" Binding Comb (the machine came with 3/8", I wanted to be sure the OT …

[trocazero]

Yeah I guess that might be my best alternative at the moment. I find it very odd that doxdirect can’t ship here, or that there doesn’t seem to be any other competitor doing the same thing. Weird.