[AccessD] OT: Color Laser

Rocky,

I did a little investigation a few years ago, and the cost of consumables
for I think 5% coverage was something like $0.66 per page. Add to that the
price of a printer and it makes Kinko's look much more attractive. Then you
have to add the cost of assembling, binding and shipping the manual which
makes it a pretty expensive proposition. Most manuals that I have seen still
use monochrome screen shots.

Why not just include the manual in .pdf format and let the customer decide
whether they get color or monochrome manuals, if they decide to print them
at all.

Jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com>
To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 11:03 AM
Subject: [AccessD] OT: Color Laser


> Cross posting from dba-tech.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com>
> To: "dba-tech" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 8:34 AM
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Color Laser
>
>
> Hello:
>
> I'm writing a manual now into which I've dropped a lot of screen shots.
> They look much better in color than in black and white.  I think that
having
> Kinko's do these on their color laser might be cost prohibitive.  The
manual
> will be about 150+ pages when done and of course, not all of the pages
will
> require color, although they'll have to charge the color cost for every
> page.
>
> So now I'm thinking about a color laser printer.  Ink jet would be far too
> slow if I have to make these manuals in the quantity I'm praying will be
> necessary.
>
> Does anyone have any experience or advice on color laser printers?
>
> TIA,
>
> Rocky
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