Thanks Michael My boss forwarded it to me, asking my opinion on using this kind of service. Rather than just dismiss it outright I thought it would be a good idea to ask austechwriters their opinion, as I don't know of anyone using this kind of printing service. Michael Edward Granat <megranat@xxxxxxxx> Sent by: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/02/2004 12:02 PM Please respond to austechwriter To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc: Subject: atw: Re: Publishing printed manuals Dear Janet (Wood), This looks like US based Spam to me - and responding to any Spam (including clicking on one of the so called remove me from the list links) is really terrible idea unless you want heaps more of it. There are several reputable local companies that provide such a service, rather than dealing with an unknown, off-shore mob, which means you wouldn't be sending your work out into the unknown and some Aussies might still have jobs, plus you pay in a currency that you needn't convert and the option of Metric paper sizes on which to print. You supply a local company with the PDFs of the job you want printed and they print it, for a negotiated fee of course. (Folk like The Digital Colour Copy Centre <http://www.tdc3.com.au/> come to mind here, for starters as a good mob to deal with.) But remember that there is no such thing as a free lunch and dealing with a Spammer is fraught with all sorts of issues. Let the "buyer" beware! Cheers, Michael Granat Write Ideas At 09:35 6/2/2004, you wrote: >Has anyone had experience using publishing companies to print their >documentation such as the one below? >My company currently doesn't provide hard copy documentation, but is >considering doing so in the future and maybe using a service like this. >Any advice would be great! > ><snip> E & OE ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Protocom does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. _______________________________________________________________________________________ ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************