I know this guy that killed my old printer while asking it to print about 200 pages in an hour....

:rolleyes:

oh believe you me, i punch out as many cards as i can at work, but it literally takes me me like 5+ minutes to print out a 30+ page drf card on my laser printer here at work, then i got people i share the printer with so i have to fend them off with a stick to stay out of my bidness. The kick in the nuts is when you're at home for the weekend not planning on playing any races, get the itch, and find yourself printing off 100+ sheets of PP's:(

-bt-

The only thing I miss about not living in NY anymore is not having the DRF sold in the grocery store. Now I have to sneak in prints during the day at work and sprint to the copier hoping no one gets there first.

Printing costs are not going down anytime soon, and slowly, but surely, more people are transitioning to online purchasing.

Eventually, there will be kiosk setups like when you check-in at the airport... swipe card, select tracks, print.

I love having the good old fashioned DRF when I handicap, but also like the 8 1/ x 11 which folds much easier in your pocket, is brighter, handles ink better and is easy to roll up and slap the railing as you cheer your horse home.

By far the best feature of the 8X11 version...

That's a daily question in my house.

Thank you for the laugh!!! I, too, would prefer the form but make ample use of my work printer to print off the PPs during the week. In order to get the form I need to make a special trip to Suffolk Downs (v.v. depressing without live racing).

Weekends are tough, I need to go to the little library in Warren, VT to print off my PPs. Since I am usually heading to the mountain for a good day of snowboarding I get quizzical looks from the staff wondering why I need all of this small print to snowboard, the significant other wonders the same thing, too. The answer became quite clear to him when I hit the superfecta for this year's Donn Handicap. He is much more patient with my printing needs now :)

The OTB in Maine has a DRF Kiosk,but it is spendy.You pick your track,deposit $2.50,and you get PP's for ONE track.I like it except for the cost,as a regular DRF copy is $5.50 now for about six tracks per copy.

It actually went up to six bucks. I didn't realize it and when I left the $5.50 on the counter you would think that I was trying to steal the Indian guy behind the counters first born.

Rumor has it his printer broke, so hopefully his reign of tyranny is waning. If only it could've happened in Louisville circa April '06, perhaps I'd be a totally different person now.

The OTB closest to me (a Twin Spires property) often has no forms till the day of. They arrive via Greyhound bus. They open at 11am so it's useless. I found that if you change the print to gray and go with recycled ink the cost is probably the same as I need 3 tracks usually 2 max. Formulator also allows you to customize the amount of back races shown which I limit to 5 and use the laptop to go back farther if needed. Fortunately the OTB is near a hotel allowing me to piggy back off their wireless signal. People are amazed to see me watching past races via racereplays.com. I also charge $2 per race to anyone who wants to see a particular race. This more than covers my subscription fees and a chunk of my bar and food bill. Now if I can just get them to turn up the calls instead of country music videos I'm set.

That's right... Especially with weekend cards a "regular" staple runs the risk of malfunctioning and dumping the last couple pages.

I got me a heavy duty one. Makes me feel like I'm ready for business when I drive that staple home...

For me who live 40 miles from the nearest place to buy a paper copy of DRF, my only option is to get it online. I just wish DRF delivers to my doorstep daily.

I laughed

One benefit of buying the online version is it makes the data easier to save for future reference. I've got probably 20 banker boxes filled with DRFs from 1984 to 2000 that I thought were worth saving. It is a storage nightmare. Now, if I need to look up a race that was run at FG in March of 2001, I can find the chart and PPs in seconds.

I can get one a 1/4th of a mile from where I live and 20 yards from where I work!

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