[nfbcs] [Nfb-rdcomm] dot matrix printer

[Gary Wunder]

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


> 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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