[nfbcs] [Nfb-rdcomm] dot matrix printer

[Don Bomer (Tex)]

Sure would be nice!

Don...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] [Nfb-rdcomm] dot matrix printer


> Thanks Don. I wish producing Braille were really so easy as modifying an 
> off-the-shelf unit.
>
> Warmest regards,
>
> Gary
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Bomer (Tex)" <dbomer at txwinet.com>
> To: "Research and Development Committee (appointed)" 
> <nfb-rdcomm at nfbcal.org>; "pamela hubbard" <brlxpress at yahoo.com>; "nfbcs" 
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> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 7:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] [Nfb-rdcomm] dot matrix printer
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>> Hi Gary and all,
>>
>> I used to repair dot matrix printers and I can assure you that even the 
>> commercial Centronix printers that I worked on were incapable of printing 
>> Braille.
>>
>> You have three strikes against you:
>>     1.  The print head pins are a fraction of the size of a Braille dot;
>>     2.  They have insufficient mass and velocity;
>>     3.  And the platen (rubber roller) is too hard to allow them to make 
>> a physical impression on the paper.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Don...
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
>> To: "pamela hubbard" <brlxpress at yahoo.com>; "NFB RD Committee" 
>> <nfb-rdcomm at nfbcal.org>; "nfbcs" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 1:20 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-rdcomm] dot matrix printer
>>
>>
>>> Good afternoon Pamela. I probably don't know as much as I should about 
>>> this
>>> topic, but I'm not aware of any dot matrix printer which punches hard 
>>> enough
>>> to actually be felt. The most popular technology I know about which
>>> generates graphs that blind people can feel is the Tiger Braille 
>>> Embosser.
>>> While people seem to be very impressed with what it will do, it's 
>>> certainly
>>> not the kind of thing that you will find in the home of a transcriber.
>>>
>>> Just in case I am wrong about being able to use an inexpensive dot 
>>> matrix
>>> printer, I'm going to copy several people I know and see if they have 
>>> better
>>> advice for you than I've been able to give.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for all you do in trying to transcribe material for 
>>> us
>>> to read. Any information we can get our hands on as a blessing, and 
>>> anyone
>>> who makes that possible is, in my book, a wonderful person.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "pamela hubbard" <brlxpress at yahoo.com>
>>> To: <gwunder at earthlink.net>
>>> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 1:00 PM
>>> Subject: dot matrix printer
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Mr. Wunder lol! My name is Pamela Hubbard, I am a certified 
>>> Braille
>>> transcriber and I am trying to figure out what type of printer I need in
>>> order to copy and print textbook print illustrations onto standard 
>>> 19-hole
>>> punch braille paper? I have seen others tactile graphics wonderfully and
>>> neatly copied and printed directly onto the back of the braille paper,
>>> leaving the transcriber to only embellish the graphic or add textures. 
>>> This
>>> seem like it would save alot of time and produce better quality graphics
>>> than I am able to produce by hand drawn. Could you please tell me at a
>>> minimum what type of printer I may need in order to this type of copy 
>>> and
>>> print. Is it the dot matrix printer that does all of these wonderful and
>>> neat things or another type (no embossers).? What model or brand do you
>>> think works best?
>>>
>>> Than You and have a wonderfu and productive day,
>>> Sincerely, Pamela
>>>
>>>
>>>
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