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Dozens of new
manuals added each month !
(LAST UPDATE
6/27/2009)
ARTEK MEDIA was originally conceived out of frustration in not being able to
reliably find hi-resolution scans of technical manuals at a reasonable
price. We used to be a test equipment refurbisher and you probably know
(or you wouldn't be bothering to read this) the original manuals for
older test equipment can be very expensive and hard to find. We started
buying manuals and scanning them for our own use, as the library grew we
decided to test the market and the response has been rewarding. To date
ArtekMedia has sold over 60,000 manuals via FTP Download & CD-ROM to satisfied customers
around the world (yes...we do ship overseas).
Manuals are supplied on CD-ROM or
may be directly downloaded via our FTP site. Unfortunately manuals
purchased from us on EBay may not be FTP downloaded as EBay rules
generally discourage this type of transaction. IF you do make an
EBay purchase rather than via direct email and you need FTP because of
time constraints we are happy to set up the FTP at no additional cost ,
you will however receive a CD via the mail for all Ebay purchases. We run
sales on the EBay items regularly if you find our item priced lower on
EBay we will always honor the EBay price in our listing as the direct
email purchase price.
ABOUT OUR SCANS
All
text:
300dpi
Text with
photos: 600dpi,
grayscale (contrast adjusted)
Text with
Drawings: 600dpi
black and white
Schematics:
600dpi black and white
Most of our manuals with large fold out
schematic pages are scanned at 11x17 A3 size, If the foldout is longer
than 17" it will be scanned in multiple sections with large
overlaps. Some of our older scans Prior to 2004 were scanned in sections
at 8.5 X 11 with a typical over lap of 1" to insure easy piecing if
you print them out.
About File Size. I used to be a big advocate of the bigger the file the better
the resolution. The later PDF processing programs have advanced file
compression beyond anything imagined when we started scanning 10 years
ago. Basically there is a LOT of white space on a printed page which need
not take up file space. 200MB files can now be compressed to 20-50MB with
no loss of detail. As time permits we will go back and recompile the larger
files. If file size is a problem for you let us know and we will make a
point to recompile for you. The price you do pay is you will need a later
version of Adobe Reader (7.0 or higher) as the recompiled files are not
backward compatible. If your still running 6.0 or earlier time to catch
up ( The latest Reader release is 9.0!) and the download is free
Life Time Data Integrity
Guarantee
We guarantee all data for
life ...yours or mine whichever is shorter 8^) . When you purchase a
manual from us and that manual gets trashed for ANY REASON (what do you
mean you don’t back up your hard drive regularly?) , simply drop us an
email and we will replace it via FTP download at no charge or on CD-ROM
at the cost of postage and handling (typically $2-$3)
DOWNLOAD US MILITARY MANUALS FOR FREE
One of our pet peeves, are the many sellers (
MicroManuals, usasale2009 to name a couple) of CD manuals on EBay who
do nothing more than repackage US Government manuals which can be
downloaded for FREE! If you see a manual for a $1-$2 then that is a sure sign it can
be downloaded for free somewhere. Yes my friend your tax dollars at work,
download test equipment service manuals for free. Send us an
email request at manuals@artekmedia.com
and we will send you detailed instructions. I suppose I could just put
the info here but how else am I going to know if you are looking at the
WEB site 8^) !!!
Loan us your manual to scan ,
get other CD manuals Free in return!
Have a manual we don't have? Loan it to us to
scan and we will give you other manuals on CD for free in return. If you see
a manual in the list with a A4 schematic size that is also a candidate
for a loan as we upgrade all our schematics to A3. Click on the  link for more details, or
drop us an email.
SOME TIPS ON HOW TO GET MOST OUT OF YOUR CD
MANUALS
1)
Always
copy the files to your hard drive and work from there. Reading from a
CD-ROM drive can be painfully slow even on a FAST machine.
2)
Printing out entire manuals is
expensive. You can eat one of those $25 toner cartridges in a hurry. A
more practical approach in a real service situation is to print out
the dozen or so pages that you need. They are much easier to tape on the
work bench than the manual, you will actually be prone to make hand notes
about voltage readings, etc , which is really useful but I always hate to
do on my originals. And if you spill a cup of coffee or make a solder
splash ...who cares.
3)
A really good video card (hi speed gamer
style) and more memory are really often useful sometimes than a
super fast computer. Much of what you are looking at are detailed
pictures and schematics with a faster video refresh rate can make a
800MHZ computer look fast when looking at graphics. More memory never
hurts either when it comes to graphics files.
4)
Printing out schematics: if you print a 11x 17 schematic on a 8.5 x 11 paper you will not
be able to read it very well. I don’t care how good your printer is.
There is a solution called “tiled printing” Adobe Reader does not
support tiled printing. I did find this viewer, PDF-XChange which has a free
viewer which does support tiled printing. I have used it minimally to
this point so while we are not to the point of “endorsing” it yet. I
would encourage you to try it if you need to do tiled printing.
Download
it here <http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer>.
The
download button is about 4-5 lines below the picture of the box.
GOT QUESTIONS
???
Email
us at manuals@artekmedia.com
All manuals are satisfaction guaranteed or
your money back, no questions asked, no hassles.
To see what we currently have to offer Click
the Manual Price List Tab Above to see a list of what we currently have to offer
or check out our auctions on Ebay under the user
name "artekmedia"
MANUALS WE ARE LOOKING FOR !!!
For a complete list of manuals we are
actively searching for click on the link for details. We offer
two free manuals on CD for every manual you loan us to scan.
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