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 Feb 8 2012, 06:05 PM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024  |
Has anyone purchased any of the older SR edition products and used DriveThru's print option?
For example, you can buy ShadowTech as a PDF, and get a printed copy as well (for usually the same price, at least right now). Just wondering how the quality is. |
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Feb 8 2012, 08:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 963 Joined: 15-February 11 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 21,972 |
I bought Missions off of it, it's pretty good. The cover is extra glossy to the point of blinding at some angles, and the interior pictures vary in quality due to the scans. There's nothing wrong with it, it's worth it for picking up obscure books and the binding is solid, it just looks a little cheap.
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Feb 8 2012, 09:34 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
QUOTE (ggodo @ Feb 8 2012, 02:18 PM)  I bought Missions off of it, it's pretty good. The cover is extra glossy to the point of blinding at some angles, and the interior pictures vary in quality due to the scans. There's nothing wrong with it, it's worth it for picking up obscure books and the binding is solid, it just looks a little cheap. Thanks. I'm sure it's better than any binding or printing I could be arsed to do personally. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Does that mean the watermarked PDFs are not searchable? |
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Feb 8 2012, 11:18 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Watermarked PDFs are searchable. I do it all the time.
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Feb 8 2012, 11:34 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
That's what I had thought, so the 'quality due to the scan' statement had me a little confused.
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Feb 9 2012, 12:02 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Bigity @ Feb 8 2012, 07:34 PM) That's what I had thought, so the 'quality due to the scan' statement had me a little confused. Some of the images look good on PDF, but when printed the resolution gets a little weird, that's what is being talked about. New PDFs are based on the original work, while older books have to be OCR (Optical Character Recognition) scanned and proofed, which takes a lot more time and work, but also makes them searchable as well.If the words are only saved on the PDF as an image (Just scanned in, no OCR), then it's not searchable. |
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Feb 9 2012, 12:55 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
Yes I know how PDFs work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
But I did kinda skip over the whole 'interior images' phrase (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Feb 9 2012, 01:03 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Bigity @ Feb 8 2012, 08:55 PM) Yes I know how PDFs work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Sorry, force of habit.
But I did kinda skip over the whole 'interior images' phrase (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Feb 9 2012, 01:14 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
Hey I'm in the same field (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)
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Feb 9 2012, 01:15 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Bigity @ Feb 8 2012, 09:14 PM) Hey I'm in the same field (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) Then you know the habit.
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Feb 9 2012, 01:16 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
Yup!
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