On 11/30/2005 6:04 PM, Robert M. Gary wrote the following:
How is that different from AOPA? The only thing I didn't like about
AOPA was that they download you each chart as a pdf. However, I found
software to mege them into one pdf and therefor put two charts on a
paper and print them all at once.

-Robert

Actually there is now (possibly temporarily) some very good,
free, software to get and manage plates:

http://www.cmensys.com/trippack/

The author posted a link here a few weeks ago but has been
doing quite a bit of upgrading and debugging since. I am
now using it instead of SmartPlates, which I also have.
Trip Pack is smaller and faster than SmartPlates and it does
a clearer job rendering the plates for my printer.

You can print two-up plates directly from the app.
Supplement it with FinePrint (www.fineprint.com) and you can
print your own booklet containing whatever plates you want.
Add the $20 Jepp (aka "Classic") punch from
franklincovey.com and you are in the plates publishing business.