A short novel by David F Pennant
There's no need to ask for permission unless you want to make money out of the copies.
To print on one side of the paper only is easy but it wastes paper. With laser printers, you can print back to back as follows.
1. Establish which surface of the paper is printed on and from which end by making a small mark in pencil on the top sheet of the pile in your intray.
2. Select Print... from the File Menu, and when the printer Driver box appears, select Print Odd Pages Only. On my printer, this is found under Subset on the left hand side of the box. Then click on OK. You should end up with all the odd pages printing off.
3. Lift up all the printed pages in a body, and search for the little pencil mark on page 1. Then using your skill and judgement (oh dear, sorry!) put the papers back in the tray aligned so that the even numbered pages will print on the backs of the odd pages. On my printer, I have to re-arrange the sheets, but on other printers it may simply be a case of turning the pages over together as a block.
4. Select Print... from the File Menu again, but this time select Print Even Pages Only and click on OK. Hey presto, you should get everything printed back to back.
5. Don't forget to rub out the little pencil mark on page 1! Now go to Presentation below.
I am wary of back to back printing on ink jet printers and I have no experience of them. I suspect that the ink might not adhere as well to the paper as it does with lasers, and tend to come off inside the machine on the second run through. I advise you to look in your handbook and experiment first. If there seems to be no problem, then proceed as under Laser Printers above. Otherwise, you will need to print on one side of the paper only.
You can use an A4 Display Book with Clear Pockets available from stationery shops.Or you can use an A4 length clip designed for holding a set of pages together with or without a flexible plastic sheet as a front cover (staple them first, see picture). Or you could even try home book-binding if you are feeling more ambitious!
Thanks for your interest in my book and best wishes, David Pennant