On Thursday 28 June 2018 15:04:52 deloptes wrote: > William Morder wrote: > > For the present, though, I must make do with what I have at hand. I only > > have about $9 to spare every month, so I have to make my best guess about > > what will get me through the next year or so with the inkjet printer that > > I actually have, not one that I don't have and can't afford. > > Don't you have some good friend that could print it for you? Each company > can write off the material and the cost for printing, so it costs nothing. > Unfort. I am too far away from you, but I would let you print if you were > here around, unless you print 2000 pages at once. > > Option would be also to look for used dot matrix as they are cheep and > reliable. You can print there your drafts, while saving ink for the final > version you would send to the publisher. > > regards > > This is the thread that will not die! When I am in the throes of revision or layout, I can print out sometimes 30-50 pp. a day, and even in an average week, 100 pp. is probably about average. So, no, I don't have a good friend who will do it for free, and paying even 5 cents per page is not feasible. Even with some other sort of writing that just flows out of me, I need to be able to see a hard copy for when I revise. My occasional non-fiction pieces for newspapers or magazines seldom run more than 1000-2000 words, and even then I like to print out for revision. These works-in-progress contain, in parts, intricate arguments, and when I keep trying to revise on a screen, it all turns to a hopeless mush. When I have a hard copy, I can lay out the pages before me, and better see how to re-arrange and revise. (Maybe this comes from writing habits which I developed back in the days before word processors; I still remember when it was a new thing to be able to use a typewriter.) When I studied computer technology in school, we spent some weeks learning how to create programs using IBM punchcards, which we then ran through a conveyor belt, and it turned on a light bulb. That will give you some idea of what kind of dinosaur I am. If I could, I would chisel my words into stone, as it would be more gratifying as a permanent creation. A dot matrix would be great, if I were only printing out, but I also want to use the scanner to grab illustrations from various books; books that I cannot find otherwise in libraries, and which are sometimes difficult to find even in digital sources. It could well be that I will live to regret my choice in this matter, but then I can list it among my bad experiences, or lessons I have yet failed to learn. Anyway, the choice is made, the order has been sent, so now we can kill this thread. Thanks for the offer of using your printer. I will immediately drop everything, and fly to wherever it is that you live (France?), in order to save myself pennies per page. (It all adds up!) However, I expect that there will be a veritable Rabelaisian orgy of food, wine, discussion of old books, and the noble herb Pantagruelion, as I cannot write without sustenance. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
