I've been curious about this. Just about all the machines I've purchased have online manuals for sale. The ones I've purchased have all been photo copies of various quality. These are never priced to reflect the poor quality. So I'm left to wonder a few things. First, is there a legal protection on manuals, if so, what are the specifics? I'd love to see an online depository of manuals in PDF form, or are these copy houses actually paying a fee for each manual they make?
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BarnyardEngineering
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- Rochester, NY
I think you'll find that most of these "copy houses" are just some guy with an old Xerox machine in his garage and a bunch of old manuals he picked up cheap at auctions over the years.
On the copyright issue, I've been told both ways. Somehow I don't think what the fly-by-night guys are doing is legal.
If you're buying reproduction manuals I would only do it from reputable sources previously discussed.
On the copyright issue, I've been told both ways. Somehow I don't think what the fly-by-night guys are doing is legal.
If you're buying reproduction manuals I would only do it from reputable sources previously discussed.
Having worked for Xerox many years ago, todays copiers are a
staggering jump in quality. Trick is if you start with a junk copy you
get a junk copy. The correct way is to have about a $200.oo scanner
and scan the pages in at a very high dpi setting. Next is to go
through page by page in a good quality photo touch up program to
remove specks, crud, stains, rips in the paper, etc. Photos can also
be enhanced but you and the program must be very good. Lastly run all
of this through a work station copier with double page image ability.
This will give you a very high quality copy. Now as you guess, your
back yard Ebay print guy most likely will not go to this kind of
trouble. There are very high quality copies I have purchased but if
the originals were really junky then you are lucky to have any kind of
a copy. Got a little technical but you get the idea. Go to all of the
trouble for a good paint job or use a paint roller.
staggering jump in quality. Trick is if you start with a junk copy you
get a junk copy. The correct way is to have about a $200.oo scanner
and scan the pages in at a very high dpi setting. Next is to go
through page by page in a good quality photo touch up program to
remove specks, crud, stains, rips in the paper, etc. Photos can also
be enhanced but you and the program must be very good. Lastly run all
of this through a work station copier with double page image ability.
This will give you a very high quality copy. Now as you guess, your
back yard Ebay print guy most likely will not go to this kind of
trouble. There are very high quality copies I have purchased but if
the originals were really junky then you are lucky to have any kind of
a copy. Got a little technical but you get the idea. Go to all of the
trouble for a good paint job or use a paint roller.
ptfarmer
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- Location
- San Antonio, Tx
I got a couple of "re-print" of a re-print manuals, they are not worth the cost. Go with the manual from the manufacturer of you tractor, or other piece of equipment.
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