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Conference vaxuum::document_ft

Title:	DOCUMENT T1.0
Notice:	New notesfile (DOCUMENT.NOTE) now available (see note 897)
Moderator:	CLOSET::ADLER

Created:	Mon Feb 09 1987
Last Modified:	Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	897
Total number of notes:	4397

391.0. "Double-sided documents anyone?" by JAWS::STRYKER (Stew Stryker) Tue May 19 1987 10:59

    How about a qualifier option to generate two separate final output
    files (say, LN03), where one file contains all the left-hand pages,
    and the other, the right-hand.  This would allow us to generate
    two-sided manuals.
    
    The benefits?  Reduced paper usage, increased frustration (when
    we screw up the page ordering), and SMALLER MANUALS (my primary
    goal here).
    
    Specs:  Left-hand pages should be printed first.  The file containing
    the right-hand pages should hold the pages in reverse order.  This
    would mean that you only have to turn the paper stack over from the
    printer output bin, and return it to the input bin.  Otherwise,
    you'd have to reshuffle all the pages to get the in the correct
    order (try it!).
    
    What do you think?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
391.1		COOKIE::JOHNSTON		`Tue May 19 1987 14:22`	7
	I don't recall the number, but another note in this conference proposed exactly the same thing you have. Sounds like a great idea to me. What priority does this have on the wishlist, I wonder? Rose
391.2	no numbers	CLOSET::ANKLAM		`Tue May 19 1987 15:24`	3
	nothing on the wishlist has a priority yet. I think that's what the phase review process is for...
391.3	Possible hitch	CLOSET::ADLER		`Wed May 27 1987 19:54`	5
	While I do it all the time (without any problems), I believe that the LN03 documentation prohibits you on pain of violating your maintenance contract from running pages through the machine multiple times. --Brian
391.4	Do it, but don't yell if you have problems!	NCADC1::PEREZ	The sensitivity of a dung beetle.	`Wed May 27 1987 23:02`	8
	We run our software listings double-sided landscape on projects. Field Service never threatened our maintenance contract, but they weren't too sympathic when we had paper feed problems. Some brands of paper we used worked great, others stunk!! They constantly wrinkled and messed up. Unfortunately, the major offender is the paper they normally buy here!!! Dave
391.5	LN03's may be more expensive too	IJSAPL::KLERK	Theo de Klerk	`Thu May 28 1987 14:54`	18
	Re. -2: What they also did not tell us and a few customers who bought LN03's is that FS will charge an extra amount per page printed that exceeds the number of sheets the LN03 was meant to print in that period. Stating that this is around 3000/month (or was it weeks? - cannot remember), if you did 6000 that month and called FS they also charged you (6000 - 3000) * a specific amount of money. Being a S/W specialist and not a marketing/FS person, I sympathize with customers having to pay a sur-charge. It's like paying double because your VAX has made 50 minutes of CPU time work too much this month... A slightly irritated Theo