Need A Ruler? Got A Printer? Sorted!
July 14th, 2006 @ 10:35 am | Filed under Unclassified
One of my colleagues was looking for a ruler and as is always the case, nobody had one or could find one. Why is it that there's never a ruler when you need one? The number of times I end up using the stupidly short ruler on my Swiss Army knife to measure things is ridiculous. I could go out and buy one, but then the Sock Monster would go and steal it and we'd be back at square one.
So my colleague then said "I'll go and print one out". A quick Google search and lo and behold, you can download a variety of rulers to print. Genius! You need never be without one again:
4 Comments on “Need A Ruler? Got A Printer? Sorted!”
July 14th, 2006 at 11:34
Erm, okay, you know where this question comes from: how the hell to do you calibrate the accuracy of it? Surely it is dependent on the printer’s calibration.
July 14th, 2006 at 11:35
Well you see there are different PDFs to print from at different paper sizes (Letter, A4 and so forth). I’d check for you but the only rulers I have to hand are printouts and they’re all the same!
July 14th, 2006 at 17:04
Can you print it out onto plastic, wood or metal? The reason I ask is because when I want a ruler it’s invariably because I want to hit someone with it.
July 14th, 2006 at 18:49
Hmmm, might not fit in the printer. What if you printed it out on some of that thick card several times and glued them together to make them thicker?