Q about CT PDF Formats
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Fritz_Brown
Super Moderator
Yes, you can print (and the print quality is equal to the original books). They are simply scans of the LBBs, and are LBB size in the files. (IOW, you would have to tell your printer to print 2-to-a-page.) For the most part, they copy and paste adequately, though you won't be able to grab a whole page and have it come out right.
Evidently, there are a few of the books (not LBBs1-8) that do not have a good quality of scan. I have not yet looked at those on my CD.
Evidently, there are a few of the books (not LBBs1-8) that do not have a good quality of scan. I have not yet looked at those on my CD.
Looking at the back of the container (like a DVD container), I find this listing.
(comments and break down my work. The cover just has them listed from top to bottom)
LLB format: Books 0 - 8; supplements & adventures 1 - 13 (and adventure 0); double adventures 1 - 6, special supplements 1 - 3. I haven't tried printing any of these yet, but they appear to run in numerical order from top of the page to the bottom. To get them side by side like the reprint series will need a little work on your part.
MT format: ALIEN MODULES 1 - 8, The Traveller Book (Blue cover vol 1) & Adventure (red cover vol 2), MODULES (includes: Tarsus (boxed), Beltstrike (boxed), The Spinward Marches Campaign, Alien Realms, Atlas of the Imperium). These are the full magazine sized pages. I have printed off some of these and each page fits properly on a 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of typing or printer paper.
Then there are the BOARDGAMES:
G00 Imperium.
G01 Mayday. -Rules. -Maps and Counters.
G02 Snapshot. -Rules. -Counters and Maps. -Maps.
G03 Azhanti High Lightning. -Rules. -Deck Plans. -Counters and Charts.
G04 Fifth Frontier War.
G05 Invasion: Earth. -Rules. -Charts and Counters. -Map.
G06 Dark Nebula. -Rules and Charts. -Maps and Counters.
G07 Striker Miniatures Rules. -Book 1. -Book 2. -Book 3. -Book 4.
"More than 3000 pages of searchable text"
Note: The files print off very well, but some of the reading is mildly distorted when viewed on the computer screen. I have had this for less than a week, but I am very pleased with the value I recieved.
(comments and break down my work. The cover just has them listed from top to bottom)
LLB format: Books 0 - 8; supplements & adventures 1 - 13 (and adventure 0); double adventures 1 - 6, special supplements 1 - 3. I haven't tried printing any of these yet, but they appear to run in numerical order from top of the page to the bottom. To get them side by side like the reprint series will need a little work on your part.
MT format: ALIEN MODULES 1 - 8, The Traveller Book (Blue cover vol 1) & Adventure (red cover vol 2), MODULES (includes: Tarsus (boxed), Beltstrike (boxed), The Spinward Marches Campaign, Alien Realms, Atlas of the Imperium). These are the full magazine sized pages. I have printed off some of these and each page fits properly on a 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of typing or printer paper.
Then there are the BOARDGAMES:
G00 Imperium.
G01 Mayday. -Rules. -Maps and Counters.
G02 Snapshot. -Rules. -Counters and Maps. -Maps.
G03 Azhanti High Lightning. -Rules. -Deck Plans. -Counters and Charts.
G04 Fifth Frontier War.
G05 Invasion: Earth. -Rules. -Charts and Counters. -Map.
G06 Dark Nebula. -Rules and Charts. -Maps and Counters.
G07 Striker Miniatures Rules. -Book 1. -Book 2. -Book 3. -Book 4.
"More than 3000 pages of searchable text"
Note: The files print off very well, but some of the reading is mildly distorted when viewed on the computer screen. I have had this for less than a week, but I am very pleased with the value I recieved.
Fritz_Brown
Super Moderator
Actually, most printers seem to handle "Page Layout" printing (2 pages on one side of a piece of paper, side-by-side, LBB size) nowadays. (It may also simply say something like "number of pages per sheet".) You will simply have to find where in your Preferences that choice resides. You can also try "Booklet" (fold it in half and you have a LBB size pamphlet) format if your printer does duplex printing. It should be in the same place as the "Page Layout" printing.
Andrew Boulton
The Adminator
Yeah, there are a few glitches, but you try scanning 3000 pages...
I'm not trying to hammer anyone, I'm just trying to get a feel for whether or not it's worth getting. And barring being able to look at it before hand, there's really only opinion and RUMINT to go by.
Andrew Boulton
The Adminator
Oh, it's worth getting, no question.
pendragonman
Absent Friends Margrave
I have it, and am well pleased with my purchase. If you are a fan of CT and don't already have a complete set of the books this set is of major value to you.
Actually I do have almost every CT book but the thought of the PDF format and getting ahold of the various related games is highly tempting.
pendragonman
Absent Friends Margrave
I had almost all of the books myself, but kept being nagged by not having a complete set.
Actually, I'm glad that they're not side by side.
My thinking was to get it and see if I could get the first 8 printed in "LBB" size, but spiral bound in to a single Big LBB at Kinkos or something.
Maybe the "booklet" mode will facilitate that, print the sheets properly, then it's simply a matter of folding and getting them reasonably lined up and sheared before binding.
And I didn't realize it came with Striker and the board games. I have an unpunched FFW game at home.
My thinking was to get it and see if I could get the first 8 printed in "LBB" size, but spiral bound in to a single Big LBB at Kinkos or something.
Maybe the "booklet" mode will facilitate that, print the sheets properly, then it's simply a matter of folding and getting them reasonably lined up and sheared before binding.
And I didn't realize it came with Striker and the board games. I have an unpunched FFW game at home.
pendragonman
Absent Friends Margrave
Just wondering if we are ok with taking Marc's PDF's and some of the others to Kinkos for printing. It would save wear and tear on my printer not to mention ink.
Any ballpark ideas of the cost as well?
