<html><head></head><body>I tried printing like that for about 1 page. Fixed that setting right after I got more toner!<br><br> Can't find white ink or printer grade black paper. Black construction paper isn't constructed for constructing anything. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On September 25, 2021 6:18:32 PM EDT, Bob Toxen via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Uh, I swap foreground/background colors to show white text on a black background,<br>for decades. MUCH EASIER on the eyes!<br><br>As I've aged I increase font size.<br><br>Bob<br><br>On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 04:09:48PM -0400, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">Leam Hall via Ale said on Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:36:18 -0500<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;">On 9/24/21 6:10 PM, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #8ae234; padding-left: 1ex;">And who in 2021 would write a document on printed<br>paper?<br><br>SteveT <br></blockquote><br>*raises hand slowly*<br><br>Easier on my old eyes, and I read fast enough that a kindle slows me<br>down.<br></blockquote><br>Yeahhh, for the most part the dead trees argument was sparring between<br>two guys with a very different view of the world, and can safely be<br>ignored. But because one of the things I do for a living is write,<br>produce and publish books, I'm very interested in your preceding<br>sentence.<br><br>It sounds to me like printed documents are actually easier on your<br>eyes, I presume giving you less eye strain, headaches, etc. Is this<br>because of the glaring white background, or some other reason? If the<br>glaring white background, do your devices give you the option of using<br>a light tan background? Does that help?<br><br>Some people (like me) have no choice but to read electronic docs,<br>because we can't comfortably focus on anything less than 15 point. A<br>normal paperback printed in a font I can read would be five or six<br>inches thick, whereas on a device I can crank it up to clock face type<br>size and read comfortably. Does your eyesight restrict the font size you<br>can read?<br><br>Are you one of those people able to read line by line instead of word<br>by word? If so, I can well imagine that five or six words per line<br>would slow you down. On mobile devices, have you tried turning the<br>device landscape so you get longer lines? Of course, doing so means you<br>have to page down much too often, and that would slow you down.<br><br>Do you ever consider reading on your computer monitor? Doing so would<br>solve the words per line and lines per page problems, but would<br>eliminate the portability most people require.<br><br>I can't go back to printing my books; it's economically infeasible now<br>that I have to compete with PDF and ePub books. But I *can* work to<br>bring the benefits of printed books to my PDFs and ePubs.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>SteveT<br><br>Steve Litt <br>Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful<br>Technologist <a href="http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques">http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques</a><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></blockquote><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>