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Dozens of new
manuals added each month!
(Updated 2/2/2010)
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 in the test equipment refurbishment business 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 66,000 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
Schematics and board overlays with color notes: 256 colors 600dpi
Most of our manuals with large fold out
schematic pages are scanned at 11x17 A3 sizes, 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 9 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 ) 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 an 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) is really more 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 an 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 an 11x 17 schematic on an 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 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 Tabs in the upper left hand corner 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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