Hi Josh, thank you for all this information. I may be in the market for an
embosser in the near future. Last Spring, I borrowed one from our
localDisabilities Resources Center but it was too old to use with Windows 10.
The only Braille Embosser I ever had was the Braille Blazer back in the early
2000s. Andy and Shubert
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Josh Kennedy
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2021 4:01 PM
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Subject: [duxuser] Re: braille buddy embosser and braillerap printer or
emBraille question
Hi Andrew,
The braille Buddy is an embosser from www.irie-at.com <http://www.irie-at.com>
… It costs $1495. It works with Duxbury but also comes with its own translator
for word and you can print from any windows app you wish. It takes both tractor
and cut sheet paper up to 8.5x11 inches paper size and paper from copy paper up
to plastic labels and thermoform permabraille sheets. It prints tactile
graphics with lighter colors with lower dots and darker colors with higher
dots. It embosses 25cps. It is a personal very small volume embosser and is
about the size of one of those small personal cannon inkjet or hp inkjet
printers. It is relatively quiet compared with other embossers and it does not
have a fan in it like other embossers used for schools, offices, and commercial
use. It does not talk. You set its legacy options for embossing to notetakers
or Duxbury and apply settings using your computer’s printer properties in
windows. When you apply the settings the printer beeps to let you know it
accepted the changes. I also managed to change paper size and make it emboss on
postcards and junk flyers I get in the mail. I set media type to cardstock and
dot height to high, graphics quality to standard. But for embossing
permabraille thermoform plastic 8.5x11 inch sheets I made a custom media type
called it thermoform. After embossing a test pattern I chose punch force 10 for
the lowest and punch force 20 for the highest. Braille dot height, high, dot
quality, I set to normal quality. One more thing… Is there any way to get the
braillerap embosser from:
www.braillerap.com <http://www.braillerap.com>
any way to get the braillerap embosser working with Duxbury?
Josh
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From: Andrew J. LaPointe <mailto:alapointe89@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2021 3:20 PM
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Subject: [duxuser] Re: braille buddy embosser or emBraille question
What is the Braille Buddy? I know it is an embosser but, how good is the
braille and how expensive is it.? Thanks so much. Andy and Shubert
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Josh Kennedy
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2021 10:38 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] braille buddy embosser or emBraille question
Hi,
I just got a braille buddy embosser which is similar to the emBraille. I am
having some software issues and its probably me doing something wrong. First,
when using tiger software suite in word, the header pageNumber gets translated
but the braille page number on bottom right does not. Next, all text is pushed
to the left-hand side of the page for some reason. Not sure if I should check
simplify document in tiger word addon preferences? I just got this printer to
emboss the occasional tactile graphic, some church readings here and there,
bank statements, address lists, small embossing jobs. But stuff that would take
a good while to emboss with a slate or perkins brailler. The braille buddy even
embosses on plastic permabraille or 8.5x11 inch thermoform sheets. I am only
using the single sheet feeder as I do not have the space for a big box of
tractor feed paper. So single sheets work fine. The embosser otherwise is very
reliable and has not jammed yet. Oh one other thing. I managed to feed those
smaller 3x5 or so index cards into the embosser but I have to press paper
advance to get it to feed in as it does not sense the card when inserting it.
How do I feed it in, but not to far just enough so I can set paper size and
start embossing at the top of the index card?
If you want to email me off list about this, my email is:
Joshknnd1982@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:Joshknnd1982@xxxxxxxxx>
I will write it out a different way now to make sure it gets through…
J, o, s, h, k, n, n, d, 1, 9, 8, 2, at, g, m, a, I, l, dot, c, o, m.
Thanks
Josh
