I DID find the manual online BUT it's a whopping 36 pages and I can't justify the amount of INK it's going to take to print that all off. I tried the website of the company that it comes from and no luck Anyone good at this kind of thing?

It's a Black and Decker all in one deluxe automatic breadmaker. The Cat no. is B1640 (the instructions I found are for the B1630 and I also found the ones for the B1350). I found it today for $10 and I never bake bread anymore due to the time it takes (and I'm always running) sooo I snatched it up hoping that it might encourage me making bread at least occassionally (and the price was right)

By Dawnk777 on Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 01:10 am:

That's when I love having a laser printer! It doesn't take as much toner, as it would ink from an inkjet!

By Missbookworm on Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 01:19 am:

Well realistically it's not that it would use too much..I just work on conserving ink because I'm a single parent on a rather tight budget and just randomly using ink when there is a possibility of getting something somewhere else is possible and would "conserve" then I try to look for those options first . Also it has the french combined in with the english and I don't need the french and I haven't figured out how to sort the .pdf format it's in to remove all the french. IF I could and just print exactly what I need without all the "extras" than I would and wouldn't feel like I was "wasting" ink.

By Palmbchprincess on Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 01:22 am:

Try calling them, and asking them to send you one. There is often a small fee, but sometimes they will waive it for you. It's worth a shot!

By Ginny~moderator on Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 01:40 am:

OK. Here's some things that work for me. First, print "draft", rather than normal quality, and print black and white only. I do this for most things I print off the internet, because I too hate to waste ink. (That stuff costs a bundle and it is absurd, in my opinion.)

Second, when I want just a few pages of something from a PDF document, I use the "print current page" option. Which takes more time, because you have to click the cursor into the page you want, print that page, then click to the next page you want, and so on. There is also an option, usually, to print a range of pages (Page #X to Page #Z). You have to be careful on this, as the printer does NOT go by the page numbers at the bottom of the document pages, but rather the actual number of pages. By this I mean that if there is a front cover in the PDF, that is page 1, the title page is page 2, and so on, and the page the document itself numbers page 1 may actually physically (in PDF's and the printer's terms) page 5 or 6. There should be a window at one of the bottom corners of your pdf document showing that the page you have clicked your cursor into is page X of XXXXX - usually shown as, for example, 1/55 or 6/32. Those are the numbers you want to pay attention to. I do one or the other of these things frequently, as often I want a specific court rule from a PDF document of, say 250 or more court rules totaling well over 350 pages.

I have sometimes tried getting a free manual from companies, but they often have a charge for them that, with shipping and handling, may equal what you paid for the breadmaker. But, it's worth a try. I just wouldn't tell them that you bought it second hand for $10.

By Missmudd on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 12:59 pm:

See if you can copy and paste it into Word and then save it, or if it opens in acrobat save it. Then if you need it is on your computer and you can print pages as necessary.

By Ginny~moderator on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 01:20 pm:

Excellent idea, Kristen! I am going to have to remember that next time I am looking at court rules in a different state or county. Thanks.

By Dawnk777 on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 07:17 pm:

I never thought of that. You can often save .pdf files to your own computer. Then it would just be there and you wouldn't have to print it out.