This is an area that where you can learn more in detail how to operate your THiNC Products. Many products in this knowledge base have useful tips including a FAQ section. Previous version instructions can also be found here:

1. Rez your old Printing Press.
2. Touch the Printing Press for a menu.
3. Select UPGRADE.
4. An Upgrade Package will be given to you follow the instructions.

Please note: A THiNC Book is required to make a publication. If you have not purchased one you can do so at THiNC.


Seting up your THiNC Book 2.0 to Publish: (Only compatible with version 2.0) - Have your THiNC Book setup the way you exactly want, this includes all the pages setup, name and description on the book. For more information please check the THiNC Book instructions.

1. If you would like to include a internet URL address for the publication Edit the original THiNC Book and select the object tab. In the description box insert the address there. The address must start with http:// or it will not work.

• NOTE: This internet address with show up only on the final publication that comes out of the Printing Press. The original THiNC Book will transfer but not display the address at this time.

2. Edit your THiNC Book and open the the _SIZE&ORIENTATION notecard and type “YES” to place book in publication mode.

3. Close all windows and after THiNC Book's startup click it to start sending you the publication data.

4. The THiNC Book will send you a bunch of encrypted data (unreadable to you) to you but not the regular chat channel for other people to hear.

5. After the THiNC Book is finished. Click the History button to bring up chat history.

6. Scroll up until you see the line that starts with ####: START COPY HERE

7. Select the entire line in step 5 and highlight all text below ending by selecting the entire line that starts with ####: STOP COPY HERE

8. Copy the entire highlighted text by holding down Ctrl + c. (This puts the encrypted data into your computer's memory temporarily. If your computer uses the copy function again or it's restarted or turned off the data is lost.)


Using the THiNC Printing Press to Publish a Book:

1. Edit your THiNC Printing Press and select the content folder.

2. If you would like to add up to one of each a notecard and/or a landmark drag from your inventory to the content folder of the Printing Press before you edit the PUBLICATION_DATA notecard. Note only one of each can be added otherwise an error will occur.

3. Open the PUBLICATION_DATA notecard. It should be blank.

4. Paste the previously copied highlighted text to the notecard by holding down Ctrl + v.

5. Scroll through the notecard line by line removing entire lines of any Second Life conversations and notifications not sent by book.

6. After review click save and close all windows.

7. THiNC Printing Press will check the notecard line by line for basic format and proper data.

8. If all tests pass the THiNC Press will ask you if you would like to publish the book giving you the basic information of the book.

• Note: An error will be received if there are no pages in the THiNC Book being published, there must be at least one to publish the book.

9. The THiNC Press will then ask if you will like to receive a backup notecard. Answer YES or NO. A backup notecard can be use at a later time reproduce the same book, just copy the data inside the notecard and start again at step 1 at this later time.

10. THiNC Printing Press will then rez a THiNC Publication book that will replicated the book you copied.

11. Watch the THiNC Printing Press will show an updated status via text display of the status of your publication.

12. When completed the publication is ready for use, sell or distribute.

13. For sizing the book please read FAQ, question number #4.

For Instructions to Operate the THiNC Publication go here.

1. Each publication produced has COPY & TRANSFER permissions. This can be changed by editing the publication and removing the check marks of each permission.

2. SAVE ALL YOUR TEXTURES OR SNAPSHOTS that you used to make the THiNC Book in your inventory DO NOT DELETE THEM. If deleted your publication will probably work for awhile but most likely will have problems down the road.

3. Recently within the last few updates (1.13.5 currently) the Printing Press will hangup after pasting the notecard information then waiting for confirmation from user. This has been seen only in sims with high amount a lag normally with more than 3000 active scripts. This can be seen by using statistic bar. When sims have a lot of script lag, scripts seem not to perform reliably any longer.

• This can be fixed by republishing the book again but in a different sim with lower lag.

4. Due to the high load on Second Life's inventory asset database there have been a few failures reading THiNC publications or even rezzing the publication itself. Error messages related are that it cannot set a texture or textures not changing are common during these times.

• Going to another sim with few scripts can help and improve your connection to the SL inventory asset database. Unfortunately anything inventory related is currently going through the sim you are currently in. It is possible that if a sim has lag that it could cause problems.
• Waiting until Second Life is not as busy. Due to this high load on Second Life, all inventory and scripts can behave incorrectly. Linden Labs is working making this more robust so the number of logged in users can be higher without failure, I just hope the fix is soon.