[sdiy] Manuals

[Seb Francis]

We regularly get spiral bound manuals printed (for training courses - 
not SDIY related), and we just use a standard copy-shop and give them 
the manual on PDF.  They have machines that automatically do the 
printing and binding.

I just had a look at the cost of last lot we printed and it was:
2.2p per black & white side (for qnty 5810 sides, gets a bit cheaper for 
larger quantities)
Plus £1 per binding (metal spiral type that does lie flat when open, 
with plastic front cover)

Oddly enough the cost per side doesn't change if you print single or 
double sided (obviously the cost of the paper is not significant).

Seb



David J. Hughes wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is anyone here producing their own equipment manuals?
>
> Ours are fairly large (> 150 pages) and, imho, look quite professional.
> They're bound with a plastic comb binder, which the customers seem to like
> but the whole process is very labour intensive.
>
> Is there a better way?
>
> Cheers
>     David
>
>