Veteran? Heh, only because I trace every day. Well,...

You're *not* going to like this. heh

I have a notebook that is three inches thick (originally held my "Tipler
Physics" notes). It's filled with just the Doc file. I have a color ink jet
printer and I would guess the black cartridge was about 1/3 full when I
began the print. I ran out of ink, and then paper. I had to hunt down a
help file editor in order to clip out the portion I had already printed.
The only one I could find was shareware and it added some twenty-five pages
of filler to the end of my edit. Fortunately, I used Word (a new purchase
in a vain attempt to do the edit) to get rid of that, and to neaten things
up so the print would take up from where it had stopped, and things
straightened up nicely. Still, it was a real nightmare. How anyone with
less savy could do it, I don't know (not that I'm *real* bright).

In short, I'd say it was something like five-hundred pages, but I didn't
number them and I'd rather avoid counting. In addition, that's five-hundred
pages of single-sided printing (sorry conservationists, I'm a wasteful
Republican).

Don't get me wrong, it's still worth it. It comes in real handy for those
times you can't have the computer with you. I read through it during
thunderstorms (even though my system is thoroughly protected I still turn
it off and unplug everything during storms), and on those long trips out of
state it's a great conversation piece. heh

Paul Hinds
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Jason L. <jma### [at] vnetnet> wrote in article <34b9614f.0@news.povray.org>...
> Hi Grim
> Well judging from the images you post, it certainly looks like you're a
> veteran Pov user :)
> Hey...should we have names? Povies? Povers? Pov-Kiddies? hmmmm
> Anyway...
> I was wondering...how big is the manual once printed out? I know this
would
> vary depending on font size and all that...but a ball park figure. It'd
have
> to be looong. Just wondering before I try it myself. My Canon is
slooooow.
> Thanks!
> 
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Hi e-pov-pals,

No way I would print that ... but I read the doc like anyone else would read a novel :
from the first letter to the last without jumping in the middle. Found it most
usefull, it gives a thourough idea of what can be done and what the main limitations
are. I did not attempt to remember everything but somewhere I kinda know when
something is in the doc and I kinda know where to find it, that is most helpfull as
well. Some way or some other reading it can only make you good. As a past time though,

Good luck,
Al.

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Print the manuals. That is what the laser printers at work are really for.

Timothy A. Grubb

Alain CULOS wrote:

> Hi e-pov-pals,
>
> No way I would print that ... but I read the doc like anyone else would read a novel
: from the first letter to the last without jumping in the middle. Found it most
usefull, it gives a thourough idea of what can be done and what the main limitations
are. I did not attempt to remember everything but somewhere I kinda know when
something is in the doc and I kinda know where to find it, that is most helpfull as
well. Some way or some other reading it can only make you good. As a past time though,
>
> Good luck,
> Al.
>
> GrimDude wrote about printing out the doc for POV
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Tim you are *too* funny. :)
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Timothy A. Grubb <wsf### [at] netacom> wrote in article
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> Print the manuals. That is what the laser printers at work are really
for.

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I agree GrimDude  8)
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    Tim you are *too* funny. :)
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really
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>In short, I'd say it was something like five-hundred pages

YOW!!!!! Time to get my old Epson dot-matrix printer out of the closet.
That would take for ever and use a lot of ink on my Canon bub-jet.

>(sorry conservationists, I'm a wasteful Republican).

Never apologize for being a Republican [until you come to your senses and
become a Libertarian :-) ]

Eric

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Jason L. wrote:
> Well judging from the images you post, it certainly looks like you're a
> veteran Pov user :)
> Hey...should we have names? Povies? Povers? Pov-Kiddies? hmmmm
> Anyway...
> I was wondering...how big is the manual once printed out? I know this would
> vary depending on font size and all that...but a ball park figure. It'd have
> to be looong. Just wondering before I try it myself. My Canon is slooooow.

The manual is quite long. However, the tutorial at the start of the manual is
well worth it. It gets you started right off the bat with useful stuff, and
goes from there.

I cut down on the physical size of the printed manual by using BBEdit and an
HP printer that prints on both sides of the paper; I had BBEdit print the
manual out two pages to a page, landscape, both sides, long-edge binding. This
produced a manual that you can flip through fairly well--although you do need
good lighting when you're reading it! :*)

I've started a tutorial page on my site; it isn't quite ready, but you're
welcome to take a look at it: http://www.hoboes.com/html/NetLife/POV/

Jerry

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> I was wondering...how big is the manual once printed out? I know this would
> vary depending on font size and all that...but a ball park figure. It'd have
> to be looong. Just wondering before I try it myself. My Canon is slooooow.
> Thanks!


It's about 3 centimeters thick
not much change out of a ream.

RonN

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