[nabs-l] Comparing Braille Embossers

[T. Joseph Carter]

They all work in Linux.  It's just a matter of knowing how to send 
stuff to them.  Most will emboss a properly formatted BRF directly.  
Graphics aren't widely supported.

ETC's embossers had Classic MacOS support, but I didn't see support 
for modern Macs.  Index supports the Mac directly through their 
iBraille software.  I don't know about other embossers.

Of course, like Linux, Macs use the Common UNIX Printing System 
(CUPS) and you can set up an embosser much the same way you would on 
a Linux system.  I doubt you'd be able to print to it from most 
applications, however, unless there's specific driver support for the 
Mac.

Joseph


On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 06:46:40AM -0600, clinton waterbury wrote:
> As far as braille embossers go...  Does anyone know what embossers work 
> on the mac and linux?