[Electronics-Talk] Accessible Printer

[Arlene]

Ashley, half of what you say is right, but the other half is there's so many 
different types of printers and so many different brands, sold by so many 
different venders. By looking and searching out a printers, there are lots 
of options. A combination scanner printer coppier sounds great, is not 
always the best choice. I can think of 2 reasons. one is if the unit has a 
failure then you're out of a printer and scanner and have to wait for it to 
be repaired. Also with stand alone equipment you can get the quality of 
printer or scanner coppier you would like to have, which in some cases 
superior to an all in one scanner/printer/coppier. If you want a pricey, but 
very good scanner that businesses use and is great for scanning books 
because it's a book edge scanner, you can't have that quality and 
flexibility in an all and one printer. If you're just going to do printing 
jobs then the best thing to do is buy a lazer printer. and if you need a 
very infrequent color print then it would be less expensive to have that 
done by a business that does that kind of work such as office depot, etc. 
How ever if you do a lot of color and you believe it's worth the extra money 
to buy the ink, then an inkjet would be the one to get. I can only speak for 
here, and I'm not going to recomend any particular brands since there are 
many, but our last experience we purchased a brother lazer printer a few 
years ago from office depot, it doesn't have a display screen. It has very 
easy to feel control buttons. IT was so easy to set up, that it took more 
time to unbox it and plug in than it did to set up. If anybody needs 
something like this they are everywhere. Just look around you'll find the 
right one.

    now some of this  reply  might sound business like, part of that is 
since we operate a business

Wayne

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: "'Discussion of accessible home electronics and appliances'" 
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Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2024 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Accessible Printer


> Hello Nicole,
>
> That is a good question. Printers are getting to be flat panel driven if 
> you
> have to touch the buttons which you usually do not have to do.
> Some are even touch screen. I have not bought a printer in several years 
> so
> cannot recommend a specific one.
> Stay away from touch screens. If you find one with raised buttons easily
> touched, then go with that if it meets your needs.
> There are flat buttons on my printer but its so small, I cannot label 
> them.
> Fortunately, the printer is mostly controlled from the print drivers in 
> the
> pc though so I do not need to press the buttons on the printer.
>
> I also have a little vision so if I look close, I can see a few things 
> such
> as the light on it and if its blinking.
>
> I have a canon printer now and did in the past as well. So far, these 
> small
> ink jet printers are simple enough to use.
>
> I would recommend a simple canon or HP ink jet printer as long as you are
> purchasing it for straight forward printing. Many printers are multi
> function now a days but you do not have to use the other features like
> scanning and copying. You can just ignore that and don't have to set it 
> up.
>
> As Dave said, once set up, you can operate the printer and launch a print
> command from the computer.
> Its controlled by the printer driver in the computer. You do not have to
> operate it from the printer like you used to.
>
> Unfortunately, without seeing the display, you will need sighted help for
> setting up advanced features or setting up the printer on your wifi 
> network.
> Setting it up on your local wifi home connection enables you to print from
> more than one device. I had assistance doing this. Its helpful for me to
> have this set up so now I can print from my laptop anywhere in the house! 
> I
> no longer have to just print from my desktop pc here which has the printer
> hard wired to it via a chord.
>
>
> I had mine set up for me so cannot speak to whether its accessible to set 
> up
> from the start.
> But once set up and connected to your pc or laptop, you simply open what 
> you
> want to print, press Control P, and if you just want one copy which is the
> default option, you press enter and it prints off for you and your print
> papers will be lying on the printer tray for you at the end.
>
> My advice is to go to Best Buy or another store selling electronics and 
> talk
> to the staff about your needs. They can show you the printers hopefully or
> if they are in boxes only, they can describe the layout and features of 
> the
> printer.
>
> At least with printers, you can control most of it from the pc and Jaws 
> will
> read out the print dialogue box so you know the status of it such as which
> page is printing and also error messages should you have a problem 
> printing.
>
> Its hard now a days to buy something over half accessible as more and more
> office equipment is turning touch screen or contains such small buttons 
> that
> its hard to operate because we cannot feel the buttons from one another. 
> Its
> not low vision friendly either because buttons are so small with small
> labels and little contrast.
>
> Good luck!
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Nicole Torcolini via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2024 1:30 PM
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> Cc: Nicole Torcolini <torcolini at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Accessible Printer
>
>            Does anyone have suggestions for a low cost printer that is 
> easy
> to use by the blind?
>
>
>
> Nicole
>
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