purchase pic datasheet hardcopy??

[ericbirecki]

Is there a place to purchase printed pic datasheets?? I just used up a whole printer cartridge printing up 160 pages of one of their datasheets. I looked around microchip's website and couldn't find anything, but I seem to remember seeing that you can purchase them.

Eric B.

 

[motion]

You can try your local sales distributor if they have some databooks. They used to give it away in the last century.

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

At one time MicroChip published a book with all the datasheets, but I've not seen one for years now - I suspect the Internet and PDF system has rendered it pointless?.

If it takes your printer a complete cartridge to print a single datasheet, perhaps you need a better printer?.

 

[Someone Electro]

Set the printing qualety to pour.The text will be a tiny bit gray but it will use up much les paint in the cartrige.

 

[GatorGuy]

Think Microchip would be upset if someone were to sell them?

 

[ericbirecki]

Thanks for the help guys, I called the indiana office and they're going to send me a copy of the "Picmicro mid-range MCU Family Reference Manual" for free. It's PDF comes in at over 600 pages, so I didn't even want to imagine printing that up. Very nice polite lady, and she refered me to the Chicage office for future requests.

Eric B.

 

[ericbirecki]

I received the copy of PICmicro Mid-Range MCU Family Reference Manual by FedEx today (it actually came on friday, but noone was here to sign for it).

The type is a bit small for my old eyes, but it sure beats reading a PDF file on the computer.

Thanks for the advice.

Eric B.

 

[williB]

what is wrong with a PDF ??
i find them great , you can read them from three or four feet away by enlarging them..

 

[ericbirecki]

The biggest problem with using a PDF at a size that I can read easily is that I can't see anything else. I can't glance over at the diagram, or easily flip pages to cross ref info.

Printed text in books (even if it's small) is infinitely more pleasant than reading on a computer.

Eric B.

what is wrong with a PDF ??
i find them great , you can read them from three or four feet away by enlarging them..