Does anyone know where I can get a pdf printed?

[Ric]

I've just bought a 68 page pdf from wargames vault as the book is no longer in print, does anyone happen to know of a place that will print this off for me for my own personal use? (UK and cheap as chips ideally!)

[Ferb]

Dox Direct great prices and free postage.

http://www.doxdirect.com/

Ferb

[Fenton]

Thanks Ferb I have never heard of them before

I shall be using them

[fsn]

You should be able to print a pdf from just about any printer. You just need a pdf reader (free to download), on a PC attached to a printer. if you can read it you can print it.

[Fenton]

Having looked at the site £3.06  for 68 pages printed double sided including P&P is probably worth it in my opinion. An extra £2 for getting it spiral bound is something I would consider as well

[Leon]

That's a very good price, I'll have to remember that one myself.  If you're in a rush for it, your local Staples have a printing service as well, you can either email them the file or take it in on a memory stick.  It'll cost a bit more than the Dox service though.

[Ric]

@fsn I could print it myself as I do own a printer but I would pretty much use an entire ink cartridge to do so which would cost about 15 quid to replace so  for £3.06 I think it's worth it! Thanks to Ferb for the heads up!

[fred.]

The £3 is only for B&W, for colour it leaps up to £15

[Fenton]

I couldnt really seeing me using it for colour especially for rule sets

[Ric]

Black and white will do fine! I've ordered it, ill show what it looks like when I get it if anyone's interested.

[Fenton]

please do Ric

[i_am_win]

That looks pretty a good deal. I'll be using them myself in the not too distant as well! Thanks for the info Ferb! 

[TinyTerrain]

Hi

I use Doxdirect all the time for work, and have had a few rule sets printed as well. Always been good quality and quick, at a great price.......highly recommended.

Cheers,

Craig
Tiny Terrain Models
www.wargames.blg.co.uk

[sebigboss79]

You can also use lulu.com (pricey but quality is top notch) OR (my tip) if you have a uni or college nearby there should be plenty of printshops.

Ryman is pretty good, too.

[Orcs]

Do these recomendations actually print copyrighted material?

I tried to get some stuff done at my Local Staples and they would not print anything in PDF that had an ISBN number or copyright notice on it.  Despite my having a "confirmation of order" email.

I would be very interested in any that do

[Ric]

I got the document delivered today which is pretty good since i ordered it on the 2nd.

The print quality is pretty good overall which i got done in black and white on 90gsm paper . Some of the images are slightly blurry but fine for what i need, and a couple of images have a black background for some reason...

The sizing is a bit odd because they print to American standard size which meant I agreed to a white border on every page to avoid stretching. I got the silver binding for an extra £2.it cost £5.39 in total with free postage.

I got free sweets too, which is a nice touch.


Copyright is the weird thing...at no point was i asked about copyrighted material.its probably in their terms and conditions but it wasn't queried. As i bought the item as a digital download and have a receipt to prove it then i don't see an issue as it's no different than me printing it off myself for my own use...I'm sure that against the strict letter of the law I'm on Britain's most wanted list, but I reckon I'd have a pretty sound argument as the book is no longer in print...

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Copyright, and any other IP stuff is civil not criminal law.

Ian

[Russell Phillips]

The print quality is pretty good overall which i got done in black and white on 90gsm paper . Some of the images are slightly blurry but fine for what i need, and a couple of images have a black background for some reason...

The images that had a black background probably have a transparent background in the PDF, which when printed will be rendered as black or white depending on how the printing software and/or printer is configured.

Copyright is the weird thing...at no point was i asked about copyrighted material.its probably in their terms and conditions but it wasn't queried. As i bought the item as a digital download and have a receipt to prove it then i don't see an issue as it's no different than me printing it off myself for my own use...I'm sure that against the strict letter of the law I'm on Britain's most wanted list, but I reckon I'd have a pretty sound argument as the book is no longer in print...

Until very recently, UK law said that making copies without permission was illegal, so it would have been illegal whether you printed it on your own printer or got DoxDirect/Staples/whoever to do it for you (assuming you didn't have express permission - it's possible that the licence gave your permission to print it out for personal use). The same law meant that copying CDs onto an MP3 player was illegal. I never heard of anybody getting prosecuted, but it was illegal.

There were plans to make personal copies legal (which would have taken effect on 1st June), but I never heard whether or not they got passed.

Copyright, and any other IP stuff is civil not criminal law.

Usually, but not always. This case wouldn't be a criminal matter, but copyright infringement can be a criminal matter. According to the UK Intellectual Property Office,

Infringement of trade marks and copyrights can be criminal offences, as well as being actionable in civil law. A range of criminal provisions are set out in the relevant Acts, and other offences such as those under the Fraud Act 2006 may also be applied. These criminal offences are most often associated with organised crime groups who are dealing for profit in fake branded goods or pirated products. However,  these offences can also occur in legitimate business, for example if an employee uses the workplace to produce and/or sell quantities of fake DVDs or branded goods to colleagues or outside the office.