[duxuser] Re: Everest embosser and hard plastic

  • From: daveed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:14:07 -0800 (PST)

By the way, can one use index cards, kinown in the US as 3-by-5 or
4-by-6?  I seem to remember that the Everest's platen cannot accept
3-by-5 cards, which is a great pity--also short labels.
Also, I understand one cannot use punched paper in the everest, also a
great pity!
On Thu, 16 Jan
2003, George Bell wrote:

> Hi Nadine,
>
> Much depends on just how thick this plastic is.  However, if it is the
> normal overhead transparancy film, and not some ultra heavy brand, it
> should be O.K.
>
> However, if you can obtain the type which has a thin paper backing on
> it, usually designed to go through laser printers, it would be best.
> You need some kind of paper to fool the paper out sensor, otherwise the
> sensor, which is a light sensor, sees straight through the clear film,
> and thinks there is no paper in the printer.
>
> George Bell
> Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nadine.Riches@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:Nadine.Riches@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 16 January 2003 04:48
> > To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [duxuser] Everest embosser and hard plastic
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I would like to know if I can braille on hard plastic with an
> > Index Everest embosser. The plastic is the kind used for
> > overhead transparencies so it is hard but slick. Will it go
> > through the Everest OK, or is it likely to slide around or
> > get stuck and cause problems?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Nadine.
> >
> >
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