Owner's Manual Format

What sucks is if the manual is required to be carried in the cockpit by the
avionics certification or STC
(one of the other) Jim(s)

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
...
Printing costs have been on a steady exponential increase, following right
along with energy costs associated with creating paper from trees, soybean
prices for ink, and all the rest of the process involved with creating
paper
manuals.

On the other hand, the price of optical media (DVD and CDROM) is
plummeting.
Anybody that has bought any computer electronic device recently soon
discovers that other than the single sheet "quick start" guide, all the
rest
of the owner's manual is on CDROM.

I guess the real question is whether a 10-20% bump in the cost of an
aviation electronic product to provide a printed black and white product
manual versus 0% increase for a CDROM that can be done in full living
color
is worth it.

(BTW, we can do ALL our manuals on a single CDROM, so you get much more
information on the whole product line than with a single manual.)

Jim

--
"If you think you can, or think you can't, you're right."
--Henry Ford

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
What sucks is if the manual is required to be carried in the cockpit by
the
avionics certification or STC
(one of the other) Jim(s)


I would think it would be easier to find a place to stash a CD than a paper
manual.

--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail
When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.

On 12/04/07 14:41, Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
What sucks is if the manual is required to be carried in the cockpit by
the
avionics certification or STC
(one of the other) Jim(s)


I would think it would be easier to find a place to stash a CD than a paper
manual.

Well, the CD will be a little harder to thumb through while in flight ;-)


--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail
When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.





--
Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane, USUA Ultralight Pilot
Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
Sacramento, CA

Mark Hansen wrote:
On 12/04/07 14:41, Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
.. .

What sucks is if the manual is required to be carried in the cockpit by
the
avionics certification or STC
(one of the other) Jim(s)


I would think it would be easier to find a place to stash a CD than a paper
manual.


Well, the CD will be a little harder to thumb through while in flight ;-)


--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail
When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.







Print your own???

On 12/04/07 16:22, cavelamb himself wrote:
Mark Hansen wrote:
On 12/04/07 14:41, Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
. ..

What sucks is if the manual is required to be carried in the cockpit by
the
avionics certification or STC
(one of the other) Jim(s)


I would think it would be easier to find a place to stash a CD than a paper
manual.


Well, the CD will be a little harder to thumb through while in flight ;-)


--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail
When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.







Print your own???


Did you read what I was responding to???

Mark Hansen wrote:

On 12/04/07 16:22, cavelamb himself wrote:

Mark Hansen wrote:

On 12/04/07 14:41, Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:


"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...


What sucks is if the manual is required to be carried in the cockpit by
the
avionics certification or STC
(one of the other) Jim(s)


I would think it would be easier to find a place to stash a CD than a paper
manual.


Well, the CD will be a little harder to thumb through while in flight ;-)



--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail
When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.






Print your own???



Did you read what I was responding to???

Yeah, Mark, I did.

But a printed manual is a lot handier.

On 12/04/07 17:07, cavelamb himself wrote:
Mark Hansen wrote:

On 12/04/07 16:22, cavelamb himself wrote:

Mark Hansen wrote:

On 12/04/07 14:41, Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:


"Jim Burns" wrote in message
t...


What sucks is if the manual is required to be carried in the cockpit by
the
avionics certification or STC
(one of the other) Jim(s)


I would think it would be easier to find a place to stash a CD than a paper
manual.


Well, the CD will be a little harder to thumb through while in flight ;-)



--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail
When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.






Print your own???



Did you read what I was responding to???

Yeah, Mark, I did.

But a printed manual is a lot handier.



For crying out loud, cavelamb. Jim said that (some) STCs required printed manuals.
To that, Geoff said that the CD would be easier to stash in the airplane.
To that, I said that it would be harder to thumb through the CD while in flight.

Do you get it now?

Sheesh.

cavelamb himself wrote:

Yeah, Mark, I did.

But a printed manual is a lot handier.

Which is why the manufacture give you one in the first place.

cavelamb himself wrote:




Print your own???

So you think I can print a single copy from a CD cheaper than the maker of
the widget can print 100's?

In article ,
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:

cavelamb himself wrote:


Print your own???

So you think I can print a single copy from a CD cheaper than the maker of
the widget can print 100's?

Not with an inkjet printer, certainly.

Then again, if the widget maker has any sense at all, he's not going to
be printing 100s or 1,000s at a time. Warehousing and other handling
costs.

Not that he's going to get much of a price break from the printer for
such small quantities.