[duxuser] Re: index basic d
- From: daveed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:19:45 -0800 (PST)
Speaking of Index, george, when are the new embossers due out the door,
the ones with
USB
and network interfaces? Thanks.
--Daveed--
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, George Bell wrote:
> Hi Teri,
>
> I'll try to answer your questions, bearing in mind we're a
> UK dealer for Index.
>
> > Is it possible for dbt to emboss batches of files?
>
> No. I don't think you can even do that with Word for
> Windows, at least not easily.
>
> > Also, how much will the buffer of the index basic d hold?
>
> About 100 pages of braille minimum, or 196,000 of
> characters, but may depend on firmware level.
>
> > It is very very noisy and I have a seven volume book I
> want to emboss, perhaps it would be about 600 braille pages.
>
> Suggest your employer buys an acoustic cabinet. That really
> does cut down the noise.
>
> > I would like to be able to set dbt up to emboss this group
> of files and go out of the house.
>
> See above re "batches", but should not be a problem, other
> than for the fact that 600 pages is going to be a big pile
> of paper once it is embossed. We (TVS) have made special
> "bins" which will take up to 1,000 sheets of embossed paper,
> and are about 3 feet high. They can be made by any
> handyman.
>
> > Also, while I'm asking about the basic d, I tried to get
> it to print a banner page and it didn't seem to be able to
> do it.
>
> Very tricky to try and figure out without more information.
> What were your results?
>
> > This seems surprising to me since it can print graphics
> when the help button is pressed.
>
> What "graphics" button? DBT does not emboss any kind of
> graphics for a banner page.
>
> > Has anyone else using dbt 10.4 ever had a problem printing
> banner pages?
>
> I think we'd have heard about this if there was a problem.
>
> > It worked ok with the basic bluebar. Has it got
> something to do with whether the basic d is set to double or
> single sided braille?
>
> Highly unlikely.
>
> George W F Bell
>
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