I need to pirate this book thats over 1000 pages. I already have the pdf but I really want a physical copy and the book costs too much for me. Even if I have to buy a bunch of ink (the book has no pictures) and even if I wear out the printhead before the job is done, it’s still going to be cheaper to do this. My printer has been blocked from the internet since before the pandemic so I can install all the 3rd party ink and replacement parts I want. I’m not worried about my printer situation.

It seems the biggest challenge I need to overcome is the paper. Cheap printer paper is going to otherwise work it’s just that it’s too thick. The same amount of cheap printer paper it takes to make the book is going to be more than twice as thick as the book I’m trying to “pirate”.

The 8.5x11in size just happens to be the exact size I need for this. Whats the cheapest paper I can get that’s still thinner than cheapo office printer paper?

    •  MyNamesNotRobert   ( @MyNamesNotRobert@lemmynsfw.com ) OPEnglish
      2•6 months ago

      That will cut down on the amount of paper involved but not the thickness of the book. I do plan on printing a bunch of even pages, flipping them around then printing all the odd pages to make it fully double sided. I’ve had success doing that before.

      I also have successfully printed booklet style pages before it’s just that I actually want this to have 8.5 x 11 sized pages.

      •  blindsight   ( @blindsight@beehaw.org ) English
        2•6 months ago

        Another note from experience: print the back sides in small batches. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to manually double-side print a job to have a double feed stick two pages together then everything thereafter is garbage (on both sides).

    •  jlow (he/him)   ( @jlow@beehaw.org ) English
      2•6 months ago

      Yeah, and if they’re up for experimenting they could do that double-sided, so four pages on a sheet. It would probabaly be a hassle to set up, though, no idea how I’d do that …

      •  IllNess   ( @IllNess@infosec.pub ) English
        1•6 months ago

        If you have Adobe InDesign or QuarkXPress, they should have an option to print in this way. You can set signature sizes (or small booklet sections). You fold the signatures in half and stitch it together to create a book. It will layout everything for you but always do a print preview or print to pdf if you are a beginner.