Does anyone have any advise or ideas about how to print it? I have interview next week and need to go from electric to paper. Thanks.

 

I just printed it out at home and then took it too Kinko's (noe FedEx Office) and had it bound with a spiral binding, but this was when I had 600 hours and it was maybe 40-50 pages and it was time consuming.

If I did it now, I'd consider saving as a PDF and take it to FedEx Offce and see how much it would cost to print it out and bound.

 

The guys at Logbook Solutions will print and bind it for you. Seems a little pricey but the people i know who used it said it was worth it.

 

There are two export files that can be done . I forget what format worked best so put them both on your flash drive. Take it to FedEx store and bring an example log book ie your old master log. Have them print it and bind it. Less than 20$. They even did mine in green paper.

 

I think the following is what I do for LBP printing but I haven't had cause to print it in quite some time so I may have forgotten a detail or two. From the menu bar I use Reports > Flight Log > Split Reports (Left/Right Segmented) > Commander & Full Series Binders > Custom Template. The custom template allows me to modify the columns. For example, under Aircraft Category & Class I've replaced columns for Helicopter, Glider, etc. with Turboprop and Jet columns. You can change the title of each column and the associated data field.

After selecting a custom template (or the default) you'll be prompted for date range. I use "all data" every time, even if only printing out the last few pages, to preserve correct page numbering. I then check page margins, which must be done under the "Left pages" and "Right pages" separately. Select the "Left pages" tab at the bottom of the report then select File > Page Setup. My current margins are 0.5" top and bottom, .75" left, and 1.0" right. The extra space on the right side is for binding and the narrower top and bottom margins allow a few more lines per page. Under the "Right pages" Page Setup I have the same top and bottom margins but left is 1.25" and right is 0.583". I don't quite recall how I came up with that but the finished product looks correctly spaced at the edges and the binding. YMMV depending on what kind of binder you intend to use. For Kinko's spiral binding the defaults may work just fine.

Next, I use the menu par option "Insert Cover Page & Binder Transitions" to insert a blank cover page. This sets the pages up correctly for Duplex printing. Otherwise page 2 will be on the back of page 1 and you won't have the correct halves of each entry lined up. For some reason the program recommends swapping the page margins when I do this, but this is a bad idea. Doing so shifts everything in towards the binding, so I select "No" on this prompt. You can also right click and select "Report Options" to select whether you want page numbers displayed odd rows shaded. My last print job used shaded odd rows and shading is very inconsistent. I'm contemplating printing without that next time.

Once everything looks right I select File > Export > Export to Acrobat Reader (.pdf) to save the formatted report. I'll usually test a couple pages to make sure I didn't screw something up. Once satisfied I take the file to Kinko's for a big print job and to get holes drilled in the pages to fit the binder I use. If it is just a few supplemental pages I'll do that at home by producing a similar pdf and just printing the needed pages.

Lastly I print a custom cover page on the blank reverse of page 1 and add pages at the back with scans of all of my personal and student endorsements. Hopefully some of that is helpful. There may be easier ways to go about it but this is what worked best for me after much trial and error.

 

This is what I did and I have received several compliments on it. Choose Reports > Flight Log > Premier, Old-World, Sport Series Binders > Flight Log Report then choose All Data. Choose "Insert Cover Page & Binder Transitions" from the Toolbar so that you can start the print job correctly. Fedex Office will spiral bind it with a black piece of plastic on the back and a frosted piece of plastic on the front. I created a cover page and summary page to give it a professional look. You will be out the door for under $20 which is a heck of a lot cheaper than Logbook Pro's option.

 

Thanks, I appreciate the help. I will give it a try.

 

Staples/OfficeMax will "bind" the logbook (make it look a bit more professional) for you for a few dollars. HTHs

 

I've been reluctant to get Logbook Pro because I thought it wasn't accepted at an interview. If they are and can bring that instead of my paper books, I'll make the switch.

 

I had my logbook pro printed and bound by staples for my interview. I did bring my old paper logbooks as well, since I use these for any signatures I may need.