already paid for itself 10 times. do they lay flat then?
drumroll or photo please… budda dudda dudda dudda…
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GPT-4 paper, 49 sheets bound with the 3/8" comb that came with the machine. Lays flat but was challenging to get all of the sheets into the comb.
Octatrack manual, 73 sheets bound with 5/8" comb. Lays flat and was easy to bind.
I suspect the negative reviews were either paid plants or people who expected to get an industrial machine for $50. I had zero problems beyond trying to fit 49 sheets of paper plus two plastic covers into the 3/8" comb. Punching was fine, even when I put in a few more than 12 sheets of paper or punched two plastic covers together. Slow and steady wins the race.
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Thanks for this info. And thanks for the warning:
I need to be both drunk and high the first time I use the machine.
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Well, have you ever taken any drugs? If so, just blame them! 
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Good point - I think I’ll blame the absence of drugs in my system.
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They look like convenient slots for adding some kind of page tabs.
And in the case of an OT manual, gives you the option of binding it shut to preserve sanity I suppose.
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Book darts are nice for that.
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Another tree dead thanks to the excellent Doxdirect…
I’m always in two minds whether to print instrument manuals in their original A4, which seems excessively large, or in A5 requiring me to use a telescope.
In this case I thought the tiny MC-101 deserved an equally diminutive manual. Now, where did I put that telescope so I can read the bloody thing…
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Even though I have a big(gish) collection of paper manuals, I still prefer a pdf on the laptop, or even better, Youtube walkthroughs. They free up both hands too if it isn’t ringbound
I have got a couple of DIY manuals that people have sent with gear though, but they’re often 1 or more versions old, so i’m probably better off reading a pdf in case of amendments to the things i’m stuck with. Printer ink isn’t cheap either and I can resize a pdf.