I bought another PDF book. See 2007-05-04 Zorcerer of Zo for details. Looking at my RoleplayingBookshelf, I realize that it is the most expensive roleplaying PDF book I’ve ever bought (USD 15).
I’m trying to print it double-sided. We have a Brother HL-5030. The printer does not do duplex. I really need to get a good duplex printer. Trying to print double sided pages on this printer is driving me nuts. I printed a batch of 10 odd pages, put them between some heavy books trying to cool and flatten them again as has been suggested on a previous occasion. When I printed the back sides, it turned out that somehow I had managed to print the back sides with the same page. While I’m double-checking, I realize that the printer has pulled in a half an extra page and is now confused, printing half the page into the empty space between papers. Cancel the job.
Try again, using a manual feed this time. After two or three pages I realize that the count is off again. Try again and this time I get the same page on the front and back again. This is so getting on my nerves I feel like throwing the printer at the people responsible for this. The userinterface must involve some trickery. As you have to enter start and end pages plus specify whether you want even or odd pages, I must either assume that they’re not counting the way I am, or one of us is obviously confused.
I had planned to print the first twenty pages on ten sheets of paper. I now have sixteen sheets of paper, with various pages printed on the front and back, but nothing I feel like putting in a binder and keeping around. It boggles the mind. The frustration is clearly not a healthy thing.
I can either print single-sided, print at the office, buy a new printer, or try to get used to reading from my monitor. >{ ☠ ☠ ☠
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