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General Software Discussion / Re: super flexible file synchronizer discount - still available?

« on: May 30, 2010, 05:17 PM »

thanks for the fast response mouser.

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General Software Discussion / super flexible file synchronizer discount - still available?

« on: May 30, 2010, 12:08 PM »

Hi - I am looking at buying this product and saw that it had a discount in May (2007?!) - mentioned here - https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=8409.0 but this link fails for me for some reason.

Wondered if that offer was still on?

The other discount mentioned here - https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=22351.0 - looks to have expired.

Not wanting to sound tight, of course, but $60 does feel a touch expensive (IMHO)

Cheers

R

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General Software Discussion / Re: A Vista printer utility that saves ink like InkSaver?

« on: May 26, 2009, 07:19 AM »

Yes I tried that as well and it looks like it uses the same ink saving algorithm (0%-75% saving, output looked identical on paper). However as EcoPrint2 allows you to delete pages, rotate pages and cram pages onto a single sheet, I went for EcoPrint2. Both are recommended though; I chose to pay a little more for more functionality that EcoPrint2 offers.

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General Software Discussion / Re: A Vista printer utility that saves ink like InkSaver?

« on: May 25, 2009, 10:58 AM »

Just to update - I have been using ecoPrint2 Pro for a month now and am happy with it. The processing of print jobs is much faster than I remember with version 1, and I don't remember version 1 having the ability to print multiple pages to 1 side of paper - a superb feature. FinePrint has this as well, and a considerably better UI, but FinePrint still does not use this ink saving algorithm and so has limited appeal now. While I can print many pages to one side, it still uses too much ink IMHO esp when the same output using 60% less ink with an ecoPrint2 print is legible enough.

Although ecoPrint2 has a weaker UI (and for some reason the UK version still shows savings in US dollars!) I think it is worth the £30 price.

Thanks for the comments here.

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General Software Discussion / Re: A Vista printer utility that saves ink like InkSaver?

« on: April 23, 2009, 06:51 AM »

Thanks 4wd - I knew of ecoprint but when I trialled it last time it took forever to spool any print (minutes)

Having tried it again - wonder if it is a new version 2 - it looks like ecoprint2 works much faster and also does multiple pages now. Looking very promising.

(Oh and re-trying inksaver on my Vista PC killed every browser whenever I tried to print any page)

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General Software Discussion / Re: A Vista printer utility that saves ink like InkSaver?

« on: April 15, 2009, 06:31 AM »

That "planning stage" has been for over 3 years now. I have kept checking every few months. 
Is this is a utility that could be suggested here? A Vista version of inksaver? I can but hope... Fineprint is superb but has this one lacking feature.

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General Software Discussion / Re: A Vista printer utility that saves ink like InkSaver?

« on: April 13, 2009, 03:33 PM »

Thanks, but even draft b&w uses way too much black ink.  This is where inksaver came in very handy - you could further restrict the amount of ink used so it would be very faint but still legible. Back in the XP days I got far more life out of a single cart that with my Vista set-up.

Yeah, I considered a laser but I go through over a ream a month and feared for the cost of toner and replacement drums (and colour is important to me).

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General Software Discussion / A Vista printer utility that saves ink like InkSaver?

« on: April 13, 2009, 11:35 AM »

Hello

I used to use Inksaver (http://www.inksaver.com/) on my XP machine, which allowed you to convert all text into a shade of grey. This level of grey was user-adjustable and so allowed you to print out really faint text, using much less ink. Unfortunately there is no Vista version.

Does anyone know of an ink saving utility that operates in the same way - allowing you to convert to a faint grey? At present I use the magnificent Fineprint but there is no similar feature and I need to print a lot of stuff at home. Ink ain't cheap.

Anyone?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Where can I get Libra (collection manager)?

« on: April 11, 2009, 03:20 AM »

Hi 40Hz - I googeld for hours last night and gave up - thanks very mich for the link. I hope it's still got a future with the official site having gone. Looks great.

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General Software Discussion / Where can I get Libra (collection manager)?

« on: April 10, 2009, 05:35 PM »

Hello

I have been checking out MediaMan today and have been looking for alternatives (I am not a Mac owner so cannot try Delicious Library). I would like to try Libra but its website is a parked domain (www.getlibra.com). Any ideas where I can get a trial copy of Libra?

Thanks