Printing Content - Page 6

Farling · May 11th, 2014, 01:56 AM

I can see the printing option being very difficult when it comes to handling purchased content, since it probably won't want to print the data which has been purchased (due to copyright reasons).

Dr_Automaton · May 11th, 2014, 04:56 AM

It seems to me that it shouldn't be any different from a purchased .pdf, where the onus is on the end user to respect the license restrictions specified by the publisher.

Viking2054 · May 11th, 2014, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Farling

I can see the printing option being very difficult when it comes to handling purchased content, since it probably won't want to print the data which has been purchased (due to copyright reasons).

I don't understand the big deal here. You are already going to be able to share it through the player and web interface (once those become available), at least with your group. If not, then purchasing a commercial module or world would be useless since you couldn't share it with your players. I can understand limits on printing/sharing of commercial content as long as it's reasonable, say 30 unique accounts per year or something... that should cover roughly 5 average gaming groups of up to 6 players in a year.

Plus, a part of your purchase price will be a fee sent back to the content owners as part of the license agreement. So the content owners are getting paid for your purchase.

Viking2054 · May 11th, 2014, 05:43 PM

What kind of printing are we talking about though?

Simple printing of reports and document dumps? Or are we talking about being able to format a professional looking module with main text, side bar text, graphics with text flowing around it... something like Publisher, or one of the professionally used desktop publishing programs for layout?

The first should be easy, but if you want to layout a professional looking module then that seems a bit harder... to me.

mirtos · May 12th, 2014, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Farling

I can see the printing option being very difficult when it comes to handling purchased content, since it probably won't want to print the data which has been purchased (due to copyright reasons).

why not follow the PAIZO/pdf model with that? Which is that printing is allowed, but only for personal use (in game use would qualify as that).

mirtos · May 12th, 2014, 09:12 AM

or maybe it could be controlled via the content owner? So that you could have different licenses? one for printing and one without?

Acenoid · May 15th, 2014, 01:51 PM

Hi there!

Was there already an official Statement how exactly the printing & export options will look like?

Though LW stated that the entered data is "each one's own content" which was an important buying decision point, I realized shortly after, that it is possible to get my data "in" but never "out" again. It is great that it is on the todo list (according to the FAQ).

It is important that we can print / export multiple items at once. The current way the UI works worries me a little which is why I wanted to point that out again.

jackbrownii · May 18th, 2014, 02:11 PM

Another +1 for printing. More for my use as a GM than player handouts. I'm often going to be running games in a game room at a FLGS with restaurant. There may not be room to set up the laptop, let alone a second monitor.

Acenoid · May 18th, 2014, 03:03 PM

Exactly. Often we play outside , in the garden etc. So the techy-option is not always available and all the time entering the data was well almost wasted because i just look at it when i enter it initially. And as stated numerous times, printing is not quite enough. Exporting it to other formats would be great as well.

shamavir · May 21st, 2014, 05:32 PM

+1 from me. I won't use it every session, but it enables me to, for example, store some electronic versions of in-game documents that I will want to hand out to the party in hardcopy. My workaround is to use MWSnap to grab it offscreen as a jpeg, but resolution can suffer. Thanks folks.

Farling Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Greater London, UK Posts: 2,623 May 11th, 2014, 01:56 AM	I can see the printing option being very difficult when it comes to handling purchased content, since it probably won't want to print the data which has been purchased (due to copyright reasons).
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Dr_Automaton Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 150 May 11th, 2014, 04:56 AM	It seems to me that it shouldn't be any different from a purchased .pdf, where the onus is on the end user to respect the license restrictions specified by the publisher.
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mirtos Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 865 May 12th, 2014, 09:12 AM	or maybe it could be controlled via the content owner? So that you could have different licenses? one for printing and one without?
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jackbrownii Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6 May 18th, 2014, 02:11 PM	Another +1 for printing. More for my use as a GM than player handouts. I'm often going to be running games in a game room at a FLGS with restaurant. There may not be room to set up the laptop, let alone a second monitor.
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Acenoid Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 798 May 18th, 2014, 03:03 PM	Exactly. Often we play outside , in the garden etc. So the techy-option is not always available and all the time entering the data was well almost wasted because i just look at it when i enter it initially. And as stated numerous times, printing is not quite enough. Exporting it to other formats would be great as well.
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shamavir Junior Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 7 May 21st, 2014, 05:32 PM	+1 from me. I won't use it every session, but it enables me to, for example, store some electronic versions of in-game documents that I will want to hand out to the party in hardcopy. My workaround is to use MWSnap to grab it offscreen as a jpeg, but resolution can suffer. Thanks folks.
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