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[hthParticipant @hth]

HI

I am a new subscriber from Australia. Is it possible to download the digital MEW issues ? e.g., onto a memory stick.

Thank you …………Mike in Gippsland

[hthParticipant @hth]

[Thor 🇳🇴Participant @thor]

Hi Mike,

not sure if you can download digital issues directly, but in the Magazine viewer there is a "Print this page" option at the top. If you have installed a "PDF printer" on your computer you can print a page to PDF that is stored on your computer. You will get separate PDF files for each page.

Thor

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

I use pdfcreator to create pdf's of MEW and ME. It is a painfully slow process as you are able to 'print' one page at a time, but at the end of the process you can combine all of the pages into one pdf and save it.

Graeme

[I.M. OUTAHEREParticipant @i-m-outahere]

I don't see why we shouldn't be able to download and print this as we have paid for it -if it is an issue that was published after your subscription started .
Maybe there could be a print the whole issue link if you want a hard copy .
I have just printed the article from Neil Wyatt about his quick change tool post and it was a pain in the Ar*e as i had to do a page at a time and i should be able to download it and print the lot in one go .

Ian

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

This was discussed in the thread "Might digital subscribers be put off…." in March.

Basically, you need some pdf printer software and then you can downlaod as a pdf. file, but only one page at a time. A major PIA.

I use "CutePDFWriter", available free on the 'net.

Phil

[keithmartParticipant @keithmart]

Hi

…… and I use PDFSAM to join them all together again.

That is free as well.

As so many of us are saving the whole magazine, maybe those in authority should think about making it a downloadable file. It is not going to detract much, if any from the profits. After all if you have a paper copy you can still give it away, or sell it!

My twopennorth

regards

Keith

Leeds UK

[hthParticipant @hth]

Hi

Thank you for the replies .

I am dissapointed, in that I cannot download and save the whole issue for future reference . At the local library, they charge 20c per sheet for printing , this quickly adds up to a few dollars – just for printing a few articles from a particular issue, that you want to read later on , or to have on hand when making a project .

I wish the staff of MEW would reconsider their policy on this matter .

Mike

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Why would you need to go to the local library ?

Don't you have a printer ?

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by hth on 26/05/2013 11:32:21:

Hi

I wish the staff of MEW would reconsider their policy on this matter .

Mike

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The "policy" seems to be born of naïvite and paranoia

… So I guess it's unlikely to change.

MichaelG.

[GaryMParticipant @garym]

Aren't the magazine owners just trying to protect themselves against illegal copying?

Not that I'm justifying the system, just suggesting why it is done this way. If I can't get a particular music album on CD and have to buy a digital copy I still like to be able to download the MP3. Which is why I steer clear of the well known fruit music store. Then again I'm in my fifties and still actually buy music. The vast majority of twenty-somethings have never paid for music and don't see why they should start now.

Gary

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Gary Marland on 27/05/2013 23:01:06:

Aren't the magazine owners just trying to protect themselves against illegal copying?

Gary

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Gary,

I'm sure they are … hence my previous comment.

Whilst I admit it's not directly comparable: the Horological Journal is available in electronic format, to all paid-up members of the BHI. The PDF file is [so far as I can tell] full quality, as used for the printing.

MichaelG.

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Edit:   You can see the quality by downloading a sample copy

… link at lower left of this page.

 

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 27/05/2013 23:30:12

[Gone AwayParticipant @goneaway]

Boy this has been done to death. Just put ' digital printing ' in the site search engine to see what I mean.

Given the publisher's oft-stated phobia about finding pdf copies of the magazine circulating on the internet, repeatedly discussing methods of getting around his imposed printing limitations (in the publisher's own forums no less) would seem like an excellent way of shooting one's self in one's foot.

[David MannockParticipant @davidmannock24261]

Printing, well I only have a B/W laser printer. Add $300 for a colour laser + $200/yr for supplies. Time taken to download each page and assemble in Acrobat $XX /h. Cost at library $0. Cost of Chinese hand scanner $75. Simple choice. These guys need to realize that they have a loyal readership who enjoy reading the magazines. They are making it too difficult, so I may not renew my 2 subscriptions and go for option #2 above.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Your a bit behind the times David as it is now possible to do what the OP asked and download a whole magazine that have digitally subscribed to onto a computer or memory device.

J

[DullnoteParticipant @dullnote]

Sorry why would you need to print the completed mag,? If it is reframe best to keep it digital takes up no space.

if you buy the digital mag you will always have access, even if you drop your subscription, let the supplier store them. I download to my I pad read then delete, if I want to re-read just down load again.

what I think would be good is the series in each mag could be linked, so if you want the complete series, and you had pu head the mag over the period, this could be downloaded as one separate document

Jim

[DullnoteParticipant @dullnote]

Sorry hate the spelling change in this ipad, Above post should read, "if it is to re-read best to "

Jim

[David MannockParticipant @davidmannock24261]

Firstly, I am not behind the times. In my location in Canada, local phone is free and there are fewer tablets in use than cell phones, both cost $$/unit + fees. After much discussion with Kate at the subscription office, it is clear that several problems exist with the digital subscription service as it is set up. When started, the service only offered online reading and printing, but did offer access to the archives. With the introduction of the pocketmag service in July 2013, it became possible to download the subscriptions after that contract date. It is not possible to have access to a digital subscription before that date at pocketmags (Thus, I am cannot view 6 months of my subscription), nor is it possible to access the digital archive using that reader. The archives can only be accessed using the reader at the ME/MEW subscription site. I pointed out that not every international location has as much digital technology in daily use because of cost differentials. In the UK, you pay for local and international phone calls where you can use Skype. I have free local calls and 200 mins free international calls with my internet service. One issue not discussed with Kate was the difficulty of taking a line image from a plan in the present digital format. If I want to use something from my subscription or the archives, I will have to printout the copy and digitize the paper format with a scanner. Yes, there probably apps for that, but at what cost to me. The desperate need to secure the copyright to these magazines (not the only secure method incidentally), has moved forward technologically, but I would argue that it is a backward step in many ways. My solutions would be to sign up for a paper only subscription for reading and obtain plans from myhobbystore.com. The privatization of our ME/MEW subscriptions means more money spent by the subscriber for extra equipment or services. This means more expense for our hobbies. As I have just ordered some books by interlibrary loan from my local public library costing up to $1K each, I have ordered a high resolution hand held colour scanner to copy images as inspiration for modification of the designs of Sheraton, Hepplewhite, Chippendale, Seymour, Phyffe and so on.

http://www.dinodirect.com/new-color-tsn470-handheld-portable-scanners-1050dpi-preview-built-in-lithium-p41779656.html

For me, having been in research for 35 yrs, I have had unlimited access to copy and cite text from books and journals. I would never sell or post images in copyright and would certainly ask for approval before using for commercial purposes. That is a normal part of my previous existence. Now retired, I am moving into the period furniture biz using CNC routers ($15-20K CDN) and laser cutters ($11.5K CDN). I have paid for 2014 AutoCAD suites with, for example, inventor, Adobe CS6 Master suite and Coreldraw v6 for use on one of my servers. Will these run on a a cell? I do not honestly know. The best I can say is that we each move into new technologies relevant to our own lives. For the moment, I would rather put money into something that helps me, rather than a paid service that requires a lot more work. For example, I can convert my mill and lathe to CNC use for my hobbies and come back here in a couple of years when the subscription system is more "mature". In the meantime, I can try Live Steam or other model engineering mags in the US that do not focus on guns, which are cheaper.

One last comment. Being an expat, I know that the British way is to start with something that works after a fashion and then make changes to improve that system. In North America, good business is not done that way. If your set up is not working properly, people walk away and do not return. That does not help the biz bottomline. The lawyers get paid one way or the other. Sorry for being long-winded.

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