World English Bible (WEB) - PDF download

I've recently become aware of the World English Bible (WEB) project - an ambitious project that has been active for some time.  They are creating a modern English translation that is in the public domain - not copyrighted - (using the ASV for reference, which is already in the public domain).  It is still work in progress, but large parts of it are essentially complete.

I find the complete freedom of the public domain of Scripture attractive - print it yourself, share it, quote as much as you like, etc.  The project also comes in multiple editions to suit your preference, including:

• The main WEB edition, which uses the English transliteration of the Name of God in Hebrew where it appears (instead of using the Hebrew/Jewish tradition of using "LORD" instead in these instances).  This edition includes Deuterocanonical books - the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Aprocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.
• The British English edition, which adjusts words of the main edition affected by British spelling differences, and does not use the English transliteration of the Hebrew Name of God, but uses "LORD" instead (there is a note about expecting this edition to be used for missionary work, in which case the transliterated Name of God may cause some confusion).  This edition also includes Deuterocanonical books.
• The Messianic edition, which does not use the Hebrew Name of God, but uses "LORD" instead.  It also uses transliterations of Hebrew names in the New Testament, such as Yeshua instead of Jesus, Yochanan instead of John, etc.  A quick glance through it seems to indicate they also use "Judeans" in many places where other translations use "Jews" or "Jewish leaders" - this is interesting to me, and makes some passages read quite differently.  But this is a subject for another post.  No Deuterocanonical books in this edition, as they don't appear in the standard Jewish canon.
• The British Messianic edition, which is the same as the Messianic edition, but modifies British spelling as needed.

Being a work in progress, they have made source files available in a few standard formats.  These formats are the "raw" markup files with the Scripture, which is useful for collaboration and editing, but they are not in a readable state themselves. (There is a browseable web-based version linked on the site above if you just want to check it out.)

Out of curiousity, I figured out how to import these files into a standard (also free) Bible editor called  Bibledit (installation page with links to different platforms here).  After adjusting the layout options, I have gotten it to export a PDF of the WEB main edition that is quite printable (or readable in a PDF reader, although there are no hotlinks in the document itself).

As per the project notes, "All Old Testament and New Testament books are essentially done EXCEPT for JEREMIAH, LAMENTATIONS, EZEKIEL, and DANIEL. Editing work continues on those books and the Apocrypha/Deuterocanon/Psuedepigrapha books, mostly in the form of slight updates to language and punctuation, but the meaning should be correct as those books read now. The companion Apocrypha/Deuterocanon of the World English Bible is mostly (except for Psalm 151) in a rough draft form, as an automated language update of portions of the Apocrypha from the Revised Version and portions from the "LXX2012: Septuagint in English 2012"."

PDF Document Layout Notes

The PDF is laid out with the following main parameters (for others, consult the exported Bibledit stylesheet linked below):

• Letter size paper
• Times New Roman font (side note: Bibledit will only render italics when fonts are selected that have a "true" italic version.  On my system this appears to be only Serif fonts - the Sans Serif fonts I tried to use list an "oblique" variant that apparently isn't "true" enough.  As well, Times New Roman was one of the few Serif fonts that also supported rendering of the Hebrew characters used in some of the footnotes.)
• Main text: 12 pt
• Footnotes and cross-references: 8 pt.
• Header: 9 pt.
• Words of Christ in red
• Order of Old Testament and Deuterocanonical books is borrowed from the Orthodox Study Bible (with some differences as a few books are different/extra/split)

Downloads

These may try to open in your browser if you click on them directly.  You may need to right-click on each, and select "Save link as" or equivalent in your web browser.

World English Bible (main edition) PDF

Bibledit stylesheet used for generating the above

Canon PIXMA Inkjet Printers: Print using Pigment Black cartridge only

Fairly recently I bought a Canon PIXMA MG5320 all-in-one unit.  Like most (if not all) current PIXMA printers, it includes a "Pigment Black" cartridge (which contains pigment ink) in addition to the "Photo Black" cartridge (which contains dye ink).  Unfortunately, printing a document or photo using only the Pigment Black cartridge is not intuitively obvious using the driver settings, and Canon's documentation is poor on this subject.

After a lot of searching and finding a couple of random old forum posts on much older PIXMA, as well as some testing of my own, I think I've figured it out :)  Read on...

Background

Pigment ink is like laser printer or photocopier toner, suspended in a liquid for printing with an inkjet printer.  The main advantages to printing using pigment ink vs. the standard photo black ink are:

• The pigment ink renders a relatively "truer" black (the difference on a freshly-printed document is subtle, but if you compare a pigment-printed document or photo to a dye-printed document or photo under a bright light, you can see the difference).  Note, however, that you can't mix the pigment black with dye colours in a colour print out - the print driver won't let you, and the pigment and dye wouldn't mix properly on the page anyway.  Pigment Black printing is for black and white only printing.
• As per Canon's documentation the pigment ink is designed to be more UV-resistant, which means (at least in theory) a document or photo printed using pigment ink will last longer and won't fade as quickly as one printed with photo black ink (although with Canon's ChromaLife dye inks this point may be negligible in one's lifetime as they suggest the current dye inks should last 100 years).
• The Pigment Black cartridge is larger than the photo black cartridge, so if you can guarantee you are printing using only the Pigment Black cartridge, you will get more life out of the Photo Black cartridge.

The Problem

Ostensibly Canon intended black and white documents to be printed using the Pigment Black cartridge.  However, if you don't select all of the correct options in the print driver, even with an all-black text document it will still print using the Photo Black cartridge.  This seems to be defeat the purpose of having a Pigment Black cartridge.

 

How to Print a 1-Page Document or Photo Using Only Pigment Black

So, what printer driver options do you need to have selected or deselected for proper printing with Pigment Black ink only?  For a simple 1-page document or photo, you need the following options.  To set these options, you need to get to the print properties page.  For example, in Adobe Reader XI these would be set by clicking on File > Print, and click the "Properties" button.  In Adobe Photoshop Elements 9, these would be set by clicking on File > Print, click the "More Options" button, then select "Color Management", then click the "Printer Preferences" button:

• Under "Commonly Used Profiles", click on the "Standard" profile (it may work with other profiles as well, but I haven't tested them).
• Make sure "Duplex" is NOT selected
• Select "Grayscale"
• Under "Media Type", select "Plain Paper" (it doesn't matter what kind of paper you're actually printing on, select "Plain Paper" regardless)
• Under "Print Quality", select "High"

That's it - click OK.  Click "Print" in your application.  (Of course, you can also select your desired tray to print from and the paper size in the printer properties as well - that's up to you and whatever you require for your specific application.)
 

How to Print a Multi-Page Document on Both Sides of the Paper (Duplex) Using Pigment Black Only

As above, you need to have automatic duplexing disabled for the printer to print using Pigment Black only (a post I found indicates Canon may have been concerned the Pigment Black ink would stick to the rollers and make a mess - it's possible, I don't know if that's actually true or not).

So, if automatic duplexing needs to be disabled, how do print on both sides of the paper?  The answer is, you need to do it manually (sometimes referred to as "manual duplexing").  How do you do this specifically?  Here is how I've done it with my printer (MG5320) and Adobe Reader XI.  You can extrapolate for use with other applications - the process will be similar.  Once you have your document, set the printer properties as above with the 1-page option and click "OK".  Back at the main print dialog screen, configure the print job as follows:

1. In the "Pages to Print" section, expand "More Options", select "Odd Pages Only" from the drop-down menu.  Also select "Reverse pages".
2. Click "Print".
3. After all the pages have printed on 1 side:
1. Re-insert the printed pages into the paper tray as follows:
• face up
• in the same page order as the printer ends up with (ex, pick up the printed pages, put them back into the paper tray, do not re-sort them at all)
• with the top of the pages to the back of the printer
2. At the print dialog screen (File > Print), in the "Pages to Print" section, expand "More Options", select "Even Pages Only" from the drop-down menu.  Also DE-SELECT "Reverse pages".
3. Verify the print properties haven't changed - click "Properties", verify "Grayscale" is selected, "Duplex" is de-selected, "Print Quality" is set to "High", and "Media Type" is set to "Plain Paper".
4. Click "OK", then "Print".

Paper Notes for Duplex Printing

The standard multi-use paper in North America is weighted at 20 lbs.  I have found this may not be heavy enough for duplex printing - some bleed-through is visible with the Pigment Black ink.  I haven't tested heavier papers extensively, but it seems 28 lb-paper is less of a problem.

Hope this helps :)