It wasn't as cheap as I had hoped, and I wasn't printing enough for a bulk discount. I seem to recall it was a little over 100 USD for 6-8 copies. If you can manipulate the PDF file so that there are two copies per physical page then the printing costs would come down (cutting/trimming costs were negligible) but the binding costs would remain the same.
- mb > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Steve Thompson > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2025 4:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Do you still use the IBM z/Architecture > Reference Summary (SA22-7871)? > > Amen to notes and spiral binding. What is the cost? I have some > documents I am going to need to have re-printed because the type of > binding it has is breaking (non-tech, it is actually music). > > Steve Thompson > > On 10/20/2025 3:12 PM, Mark Boonie wrote: > > I use it, although I wouldn't say extensively. Whenever a new one > comes out, I go to Staples and have them print half a dozen copies and > spiral bind them, and then I hand them out to a few co-workers who want > a copy as well. (I got the idea of spiral binding them from a vendor > who said he hands them out to customers, who in turn seem to love them, > but that information is second-hand so don't give it a lot of weight.) > I find it easier to hand-write small notes in a Reference Summary than > in a Principles Of Operation. > > > > - mb > > > > -- > Regards, > Steve Thompson > > Make Mainframes Great Again > They use far less Electricity than Clouds and can do more work
