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Hardcopy shop manuals

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by bwilson4web, Jun 9, 2009.

  1. bwilson4web

    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    I just got off the phone with the Toyota Materials Distribution group, 1-800-622-2033 about the 'shop manuals.' They said to call again in a week. Yes, I know paper is so "retro," but I prefer hardcopy shop manuals so I don't have to scrape the white-out off my screen.

    Really it costs too much to print on my home printer and the local print services are not that much cheaper. I would just rather get the manuals and be done with it.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    So, can you get them electronically now?
     
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    Honestly, I print the entries I need to use at the time. When I did the battery swap in my 2004, I printed the 3 pages from the 2004 RM (which was PDF at the time). My printer does duplex, I use economy mode to conserve ink, and grayscale to force the black cartridge only. I think for the few times I use it, this works well vs. paper which is continually revised.
     
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    I'm pretty sure that you could buy a one week subscription to TIS ($50) and a laser printer (~$100) for less than what Toyota will charge for the hardcopy version. Of course, you will have to figure your labor rate for downloading the PDF files.
     
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    gee bob, how much it cost?? or maybe i can skip that answer and tell you, get a laser printer.

    B/W ones are dirt dirt dirt cheap. cost to print really is just beyond the cost of the paper. i have a small samsung, bought it 5 years ago, only use it for printing documents (also have color laser for the "good" stuff) and its still on its original cartridge.

    now i have not printed the encylcopedia or nothing like that, but the manual for my TV f9or example was about 100 pages... but then again, who knows? i might be 2 pages away from empty.

    i do take the cartridge out once every 6 months or so and give it a good shake and last time (as far as i remember) it still seemed to have something in it
     
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    How much??????? Also how much is the hard copy/
     
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    I paid $10 for 24 hours of online access--don't think they have hard copy.
     
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    I bought the complete set of hardcopy manuals for my 08 Prius. Cost over 400.00.
    Wish I knew about techinfo.toyota.com then!
     
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    They've updated the pricing for $15 for 2 days. BTW, it's usually 48 hours from the day after you sign up. I.e. if I sign up at 5pm Tuesday, I'll have access through 11:59pm Thursday Pacific Time.
     
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    Has anyone recently signed up on a Friday, to see whether the weekend is counted in the two-day period or not? In the past the weekend was not clocked so a one-day subscription turned into three days.