Antonio Carlini wrote:
>>I actually tried that with one local shop, and they flat out said no. Its
>>quite possible that the Philips/Magnavox service docs can't be printed
>>(via normal means, anyway), but only viewed from those cdroms. If they can
>>be printed, its possible that the service shop has a limit as to how many
>>pages they can print (or even view) from those discs.
>
>PDF files can be marked to prevent printing, although
>I think it's down to the software to honour this.
>
>Limiting the number of viewings seems a little
>daft - I doubt that anyone does this!
>
>Antonio
Even then there should be a way IMO. There are a few programmes that allow
you to take a "screen shot", which means they produce a (.bmp .jpg...whatever)
file that shows what you had on your screen when you press some key. The one
I have was part of the Corel family...unfortunately, I haven't used it a
long time and I'm not home now to check its name. There could also be something
like this out as freeware, but I'm not sure on this.
Even if it's a bit complicated, this would at least allow you to print the
contents of those manuals the original viewer doesn't want you to. Legality of
such operations is another problem; I do not want to encourage illegal
actions. But I also don't want to see perfectly repairable appliances go to the
dumpster. Choose your way...
Arno Kletzander
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Received on Thu Jun 20 2002 - 00:35:53 BST