Posted September 30, 2023 by Symbolic City
A few people have asked about a print edition of the Kripke phone book, and while I agree that a physical edition would be cool, it’s a little beyond my budget/competence at the moment.
“Well, what about a print-at-home version of the PDF?” you ask. Good question. For a number of reasons, printing out a phone book can be a little tricky. The biggest is, well, size. This is a 72-page book, and stapling together a digest format zine gets pretty awkward around the 40-page mark.
Nevertheless… I have reformatted the phone book into an edition that is, in principle, printable. So if you want to give it a try, go ahead and grab the “print-at-home” edition. I do, however, have a few recommendations:
Do not use standard printer paper for the interior pages. You can use card stock for the cover if you want, but if you want the book to fold and accept a staple, you’ll probably want to use something much lighter than the typical 20 lb. weight of most printer paper. Go as lightweight as your printer can handle.
Make sure you’ve got enough ink or toner for the job. I’ve toned down the darkness, but you’re still looking at printing about 68 pages of densely set text.
For the love of God, print at least one test page first. In particular, you’ll want to make sure that the margins are okay.
I haven’t made a test print, so no guarantees. If you make a good print, let us know in the comments, and tell us if doing anything differently helped with the results.
Here’s a list of changes I made to produce the print-at-home edition: