[nobe-l] OT: Braille embossers

[Heather Field]

Hi Mike,

Although they talk about the single sheet embossers being, able, to use 
thinner paper, they do indeed also use regular weight braille paper. So, 
thinner paper is only used at the operators choosing. It does mean, however, 
that you can buy heavy weight paper from an office supply store and use it 
instead of braille paper, for which suppliers charge a great deal. The 
braille quality is the same on thick paper, wherever the paper comes from. 
However, it's half the price from the office supply store.
Regards,
Heather

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Freeman
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:20 AM
To: National Organization of Blind Educators Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nobe-l] OT: Braille embossers

I'd hate any embosser that *didn't\* use tractor-feed. But then I'd never 
Braille a single sheet and hate thin paper. For one-off, I prefer a Braille 
note-taker.

Mike Freeman


On Mar 19, 2012, at 22:37, "Heather Field" <missheather at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hello Kathy,
>
> Great news about your embosser. You'll wonder how you lived without it 
> once you get it.
>
> A major factor to consider is whether or not you are prepared to sit 
> around for ages ripping pages apart, and ripping off the tractor feed 
> lines from the edges of pages once each document is embossed. Obviously, 
> this horrible means of stabilising printer paper went out with the dot 
> matrix printers, years ago. And, the office workers of the world rejoiced. 
> However, it's still very much alive and well in the blindness field, 
> thanks to the design of most braille embossers.
>
> If, like me, you have better things to do with your time than wrestle with 
> an antiquated form of printer paper, then your choices of embossers are 
> very limited. Fortunately, I have found the Everest to be a great 
> embosser. Because it was ground breaking technology when it first came out 
> in the late nineties, it had some problems in the first model. However, 
> these issues are long ago resolved though the reputation took a while to 
> recover. So, ignore anyone who tells you that the Everest embosser has 
> problems due to design. It absolutely doesn't. It's also quiet when in 
> it's cabinet. It's double-sided and easily adjusts to different paper 
> sizes. It takes regular braille paper and is a single sheet feed embosser. 
> I'm not sure if the Index embosser that Denise mentioned has single sheet 
> feed. It's certainly made by the same company. Perhaps you might start by 
> visiting the Index embossers website and reading up on the various models.
>
> Another advantage of the embossers which don't use tractor feed paper is 
> that they will also braille/emboss paper which you can buy inexpensively 
> from your local office supplies store like Office Depot or Staples. This 
> results in a really big saving in paper costs.
>
> So, after that long preamble, I'd encourage you to look into a single 
> sheet feed embosser. As a side note, I agree with Mike that the Juliet is 
> a fabulous, simple to use, heavy duty embosser and the price is very 
> competitive as well. I had one but the tractor feed drove me absolutely 
> crazy so our time together was short and tumultuous and not very sweet.
>
> Enjoy the search and please let us know what you finally choose and why.
>
> Warmest regards,
> Heather
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Nimmer
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 4:32 PM Subject: [nobe-l] OT: Braille 
> embossers
>
> Hello,
> I have the awesome possibility of purchasing a braille embosser for my own 
> use, with funds that are being gifted to me unexpectetly. This would grant 
> me the ability to have braille copies of materials I created myself and 
> teach in class, not to mention the poems and stories and articles I teach 
> from our lit anthology. Anyway, it has bee about twentyy years since I 
> thought about a braille embosser, largely because of the price. Does 
> anyone haveany insights on good versus bbad embossers, features worth it 
> or not, companies to consider or avoid, one sided versus two sided 
> brailling? I'd love any opinions or leads. Thanks.
> Kathy
>
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