[nabs-l] Comparing Braille Embossers

[David Andrews]

That is an Everest, and the feed stuff can be unreliable.  The Basic 
D is a tractor-fed embosser and more reliable.

Dave

At 08:30 PM 6/15/2009, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I actually have an Index Braille embosser, and they are slightly 
>temperamental. It is not a tractor-feed embosser, meaning that you 
>place individual sheets of paper into a tray. Sometimes you need to 
>be careful with the machine pulling in more than one sheet of paper, 
>but I believe the hardware has improved in the past 8 years. The 
>embosser is quick, but relatively noisy, especially when you stand 
>next to it. However, you  can get a rather expensive sound cabinet. 
>You can email me off-list if you have more questions about it, 
>although keep in mind that I am not an embosser expert by any means.
>Hope this helps,
>David
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Haben Girma <habnkid at aol.com>
>Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 7:12 PM
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>Subject: [nabs-l] Comparing Braille Embossers
>
>
>Hello,
>
>I'm interested in finding a quiet and fast embosser with which to emboss
>textbooks for college. I hear that the Tiger embossers are among the
>quietest, but I can't find out exactly how quiet they are. Does anyone
>know how the noise level of the Tiger embossers compares to the Juliet
>Pro 60? I'm also interested in the Index Basic D since it is very
>portable, but I'm not sure whether it can handle large print jobs. Also,
>a review by IBTC in 2001 states that Index embossers are temperamental
>and prone to jamming and breaking. Is that still the case in 2009?
>
>thanks,
>Haben
>
>
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