Printing E-books

[itykii]

I've read many e-books, starring at my monitor for hours at a time.
Lately though, it has become ever more of an annoyance to not be able to read them as a normal book.
ie. in bed, sofa, etc. on the road/hotels/car..etc

I have a printer, and was wondering how many pages would I need to print out an average sized book?

Also, how many pages would you say an average printer can print before it needs an ink replacement?

Has anyone even tried printing out a book?

Thanks.



Also - what program is the easiest on the eyes to read ebooks?
Are there any monitor settings that help?
Anything? What do you use?

[Tikibonbon]

buy a pda, take the ebook anywhere

[PersianBulldog]

You could try connecting the computer to the TV with a tv-out on your graphic card. That way you could lay down on the couch and read.. In any position! :P

[Livy]

if u have free access to printers anywhere, do it there, e.g school uni work etc. :P
thats what i do at uni when printin stuff of.

[itykii]

PDA - I would if I could. Money is tight at the moment :)

Tv -out - True, but my couch is somewhat not close to my tv, and I think that I might strain my eyes even more at that distance.

Printing books out at work - exactly what I was thinking.

But I'm still wondering how many pages an average sized book would be on printing paper..
Anyone know?

[Curley]

Originally posted by Livy@27 May 2003 - 16:22
if u have free access to printers anywhere, do it there, e.g school uni work etc. :P

:huh: If I get sacked, i'm blaming you :P

[Livy]

Originally posted by Curley+27 May 2003 - 18:17--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Curley @ 27 May 2003 - 18:17)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Livy@27 May 2003 - 16:22
if u have free access to printers anywhere, do it there, e.g school uni work etc. :P

:huh: If I get sacked, i&#39;m blaming you :P [/b][/quote]
ok here we go.

legal bollocks.

i (livy) do not take responsability for anything that happens if you print ye big olde books off. :rolleyes:

[Curley]

I take it you didn&#39;t see the smiley then?

[Livy]

Originally posted by Curley@28 May 2003 - 00:55
I take it you didn&#39;t see the smiley then?
i did, :) just havin a bit of a j/k.
hence the fact i called it legal bollocks. :lol: :P

[Curley]

Originally posted by Livy+28 May 2003 - 00:59--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Livy @ 28 May 2003 - 00:59)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Curley@28 May 2003 - 00:55
I take it you didn&#39;t see the smiley then?
i did, :) just havin a bit of a j/k.
hence the fact i called it legal bollocks. :lol: :P [/b][/quote]
Hehe, thats OK then :P

[imported_QuietSilence!]

it realy depends on what kind of printer u have a dot matrix (the kind most home users have) is way too expencive to print out books on ur cartrage if u have aseprit black ink cartrage will do a biut 2-3 books thats like 20 bucks and if u dont have a seprit black cartrage ull be using ur color cartrage to mix colores to black and thats even more expencive if u have this type of printer its cheaper to buy the book most of the time

now if u have a laser printer its not too bad only a peney or 2 a page and ull get alot of books from 1 cartrage the paper is the main expence there u can get cheap paper for it too. so say 2 bucks for 500 pages( less if u buy in bulk) about 2 books

i use my palm for most of my reading exsept manuls and text books i like to wright on them and put tabs to parts i use a lot so i print them out at work on one of the laser printers they dont mind as i use them at work mosty any way and my 200-300 pages is just a drop in the buckit for what we print most of the time any way i do daily reports of 5000 pages so it not even noticeable what rely is upseting is we got to shread the reports of the week before daly too but the shreaded paper dos make good fire starter :)

[bohemianrhapsody]

I use a laptop with BookReader by Rudenko software for txt files. It has Auto Scroll, Bookmarks, and even a new Read Aloud option that I haven&#39;t tried. And, it is free at Rudenko.com. I also use Palm&#39;s bookreader for Windows, along with others by Microsoft & Adobe.

You could buy a really inexpensive laptop, since all you need it for is text, and you could still use it for other things too--games, etc. It would take care of everything, except for when you are driving a car. :P Try half.com or ebay, they have laptops starting at &#036;99 for a 90 mhz Pentium. I know I couldn&#39;t live without mine.

[imported_The__One]

Well, personally, I think that there is no comparison to reading a book as a book, paper an&#39; all, so if u want to print them out, use Corel Ventura, U can make 4 "regular"pages fit into one page, producing a pocketbook, Ventura even has a nifty printing assistant to help U print the book correctly.

Short of that, definitly go for a palm, laptops are horrible for reading books (for me at least), I get headaches after reading a book for some 3-4 hours on a laptop...and also, the cheaper models tend to get VERY hot :D