[duxuser] Re: index basic d
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 02:07:40 +0100
Hi Daveed,
The Basics have been shipping since last October.
New Everests are due imminently.
Call Sighted for details.
George W F Bell
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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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