Thomas ET Juliet Classic Juliet Pro & Juliet Pro 60 Braille Embosser User's Manual Enabling Technologies 1601 Northeast Braille Place Jensen Beach, Florida 34957 USA Toll-Free Phone USA Only (800) 777 3687 Toll-Free Fax USA Only (800) 950 3687 Phone (772) 225 3687 Fax (772) 225 3299 E-Mail: info@brailler.com Web: http://www.brailler.com Copyright 1986-2005 by Enabling Technologies Company All Rights Reserved.
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INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................................................4 Your First Braille Document..................................................................................5 Glossary ..................................................................................................................6 SETTING UP YOUR EMBOSSER............................................................................
INTRODUCTION Even if you're experienced with Braille and computers, our embossers have lots of handy features that take only a few minutes to learn but make your work much easier and faster. That's why we hope to persuade everyone to read the short section called "Setting Up Your Embosser." If you're new to Braille desktop publishing, "Your First Braille Document" describes the basic process of creating Braille in less than two pages.
Your First Braille Document Many people think that a Braille embosser automatically prints "in Braille" from your computer files by substituting Braille letters for print ones. Although publishing in Braille gets easier all the time, it's not quite that simple yet. The Braille alphabet evolved from a French military code designed for night reading and is based on a six-dot "cell." One "cell" stands for one letter, as you might expect, but not all the time.
Glossary Buffer: Configuration: Default: Emboss Head: Interface: Interpoint: Menu: Multi-Copy: NOV-RAM: On-Line: Off-Line: Parallel Port: Parameters: ROM: Sequence: Serial Port: Top-of-Form Offset: Tractor: Tractor Well: USB Port: Memory reserved to store data entered into the embosser. One page uses about 1K or 1000 characters of the buffer. A collection of settings for a computer connection. What you get if you don't change anything. Mechanical element that makes the Braille dots. Connection.
SETTING UP YOUR EMBOSSER Unpacking First, check the embosser and accessories carefully for damage. If any damage is apparent, notify the shipper immediately. Also, check the contents against the packing list and if you find a discrepancy, let us know as soon as possible. IMPORTANT! Remove any shipping locks that may be in place and save them, along with the carton and other packing material. You will need them should you ever have to return the embosser for service.
Open the lid of the embosser, which you can also remove for easier access while installing paper. First note that on the left front edge of the embosser, there is a metal bracket. As you lift the first sheet of paper to install it, make sure the left edge of the paper begins its path into the embosser UNDER this bracket. Open the embosser's paper tractors by lifting on the inside edge of each tractor door. They will stay open until closed by hand.
OL (On-Line/Off-Line) The embosser must be on-line to receive and print data from a computer, and it (usually) must be off-line to receive commands from you. Press OL to take the embosser from on-line (ready to receive and print data) to off-line (ready to respond to your commands). Press it again to return on-line. Note the audible difference in the on-line and off-line tones. If you press OL while embossing, the embosser will pause.
Setting Top-of-Form Top-of-form tells the embosser where the paper starts and where to begin the Braille. You need to tell the embosser to reset top-of-form whenever you change paper or adjust the top margin, which we call the top-of-form offset. The distance from the edge of the paper to where the Braille begins is adjustable in 0.1 inch increments by using the top-of-form offset setting (Parameter 30.NNE) found in each of the machine's 16 menus.
Changing (and Restoring) Menu Settings Because Braille embossers need to work with many different kinds of software and computer operating systems, the embosser has a built-in feature that remembers sixteen different groups of settings, exactly as if you were going to use sixteen different computers with one embosser. Each group of settings is called a "menu." All the menus stay set and ready to use even when the power is off.
For example: Should you change the right margin? You think you set it for 40 characters wide yesterday but you're not sure. Enter on the embosser's keypad: OL 0.1E V.14E Takes the embosser off-line Enter Menu 1 ET Speaks will read the current right margin setting, because 14 is the parameter assigned to the right margin Now you know if you have to change the margin setting--or not. 1.
Connecting To Your Computer Through the Parallel Port Connect the parallel cable we supplied (or one you already have) from one of the parallel ports on your computer to the parallel port on your embosser. If you have been using a print printer, it is likely to be already connected to your computer's first parallel port, so look for the second parallel port to connect to the embosser. It doesn't matter which parallel port you use, so long as you remember which one it is.
If you already have a clear idea that something else should be changed in the embosser's serial port settings (baud rate, handshaking, etc.), the Quick Reference Guide in the back of this manual has a list of the menu items you can adjust for the serial port. Try sending a short file using whatever copy, transmit or print command your computer or software requires to test the connection. For the IBM PC, from the DOS prompt, the command to send the file to the first serial port is: copy mydoc.
Installing Drivers in Microsoft Windows Installing the Generic Text Only printer driver is required for many Windows applications. Select START, CONTROL PANEL, PRINTERS AND FAXES from the Windows desktop. Select Add Printer from the open window. Scroll through the list of available printers and select Generic Text Only. Follow the prompts displayed for your specific version of Windows.
Menu 1 is already set to work with the embosser's parallel port and IBM PCcompatible computers. Assuming you have connected the computer and the embosser as described above, and fully installed your translation software, you can expect to get Braille out immediately. If not, check to make sure the cables are tightly attached, the software (or DOS commands) are transmitting to the correct port, and the embosser is online.
Run a single test copy of your file first, to be sure margins, paper size, page breaks, etc., are correct. Whatever menu is active when you start Multi-Copy is the one that continues to control the embosser once you start making multiple copies, so make any necessary adjustments to the menu before starting Multi-Copy. When your file is ready for multiple copies, remain on-line, and enter the following on the embosser's keypad: 3.
OL stops printing temporarily in Multi-Copy. Printing continues when OL is pressed again. V stops printing and moves the paper out from under the platen, so the Braille which was just printed can be read. Press V again to move the paper back and resume printing. OL, then LF, FF or 0.0E to enter the Service Menu while off-line exits Multi-Copy. The current copy will not be completed but the buffer remains unchanged. You can continue Multi-Copy by going back on-line and entering the 4.NNE sequence.
OL 0.1E 25.0E 1.1E Takes the embosser off-line Enter Menu 1. (Menu 1 is the factory menu preset for the IBM PC connected to the parallel port. This is probably the menu you have been using) Turn speech off Save these menu changes and exit to go on-line The embosser will now work with "speech off" in Menu 1, unless (or until) you change it. To turn the speech back on, do all the steps above, except instead of 25.0E (which turned the speech off) enter 25.1E to turn speech on.
Example: You want to maximize the "reverb" to see what it sounds like. Enter these commands on the embosser's keypad: OL 0.0E 57E 9E 1E Takes the embosser off-line Enter the Service Menu Select Reverb as the setting to change Set Reverb to the maximum Exit the Service Menu Back to normal? Repeat all commands above EXCEPT replace 9E with 0E.
Also on the embosser's keypad, set top-of-form: OL 2E Takes the embosser off-line Set top-of-form and return on-line Enter 5.1E on the keypad while staying on-line. 5.1E activates the Single Sheet Mode. Begin embossing by sending your file from your computer. When the printer encounters a form-feed control character or reaches the set number of lines per page, the printer will feed the current sheet out of the rollers.
We get some of the same questions repeatedly, so we've included them below. If you have a problem not covered here, call our toll free Customer Support phone number at 1 (800) 777 3687 or 1 (772) 225 3687 for international customers. We will be equally pleased to help you OR to learn from your experience. With the Embosser Q. Where's my last page? It's missing! A. This problem occurs with interpoint embossers because interpoint embossers process two pages at once.
port where the data is being routed. Many systems have more than one serial port. Also, take a careful look at the serial port settings on your computer, because if any of these are different than you expect, this could be the source of trouble. But if everything checks out as it should and you are unable to get data with the cable we supplied, call us; one way or another, we will help you puzzle out the problem. Q.
Q. Top-of-form won't stay set; it drifts on longer documents. A. In the embosser's menu, turn on perf skip and set lines per page to 17.27E BUT on your computer, translate your document to only 25 lines per Braille page. The embosser sequence is: OL 0.1E 11.1E 17.27E 1.1E Takes the embosser off-line Enter Menu 1 (as an example) Turn perf skip on Put 27 lines of Braille on a page Make these settings current Remember to change your translator settings to 25 lines per page and try the document again. Q.
an option which allows you to specify whether line-feeds should be transmitted after each carriage return. Q. Is there a way I can turn the Braille down? Sometimes, it tears through the paper when we use the thin paper designed for the standard printer in the office. A. Due to the wide variations in paper styles, switching from heavy to light paper or just changing from one variety of paper to another, may involve several changes to the embosser's settings.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Printing Printing method: Impact. Paper feed: Sprocket. Character matrix: 6 dot or 8 dot. Character set: USA default (8 total). Printing direction: Bidirectional. Paper width: Adjustable (1.5 to 15 inches). Page length: Selectable (3.0 to 14 inches). Paper weight: 20 lb. to 100 lb. Text buffer: 18,000 characters. Default spacing (Library of Congress): Dot spacing: Alpha 0.090 inch, Graphics 0.080 inch. Dot Height: 0.020 inch. Character spacing: 0.240 inch. Line spacing: 6 dot 0.
Interface Port 1: Centronics compatible parallel. Port 2: Serial EIA-232D (DTE). Port 3 (Optional on some units): Serial, ET Speaks. Service User maintenance: None required. MTBF (excluding print head): 50,000,000 characters. Print head life: 100,000,000 characters. Accessories Standard: Line cord, 3 wire (USA). Parallel interface cable. Optional: Single Sheet Option and on some units, ET Speaks. Special interface cables. Special line cords. Special Features 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
FCC Compliance WARNING: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by Enabling Technologies Company could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE Keys OL LF FF V 0-9 Decimal E On-Line/Off-Line (toggle) Line-Feed Form-Feed View (toggle) Numeric entry Numeric entry Enter Tones Various sounds indicate the status of the embosser. Try out the tones (it won't hurt anything) by typing the sequences below on the embosser's keypad while off-line. 1.0E 1.0E 1.1E 1.2E 1.3E 1.4E 1.5E 1.6E 1.7E 1.8E 1.9E 1.
Menus Enter a Menu OL 0.NE Takes the embosser off-line Go to menu N (1 through 16) Menu Settings & What They Do 1.0E 1.1E 2.0E 2.1E 3.NE 4.NE 5.NE 6.NE 7.NE 8.NE 9.NE 10.NE 11.NE 12.NE 13.NE 14.NNE 15.NNE 16.NE 17.NNE 18.NNE 19.NE 20.NE Make this menu the power-on default Exit and make this menu current Selects serial port Selects parallel port Sets baud rate to N. Available baud rates from 45.5 to 38,400. Example: Change to 9600 by keying 3.9600E Sets the number of data bits to N.
21.NE 22.NE 23.NE 24.NE 25.NE 26.NE 27.NE 28.NE 29.NNE 30.NNE 31.NE 32.NNE 33.NE 33.NE 34.NNE 35.NE 36.NE Remove character N from control character table Hot zone (0 = off, 1 = on) Recognize escape sequences (0 = off, 1 = on) 23.1 required for graphics Set bell position to N ET Speaks Option (0 = off, 1 = on, 2 = on plus escape sequences vocalized, 3 = on, but without the copy countdown in Multi-Copy).
Restore Menus to Factory Defaults OL 0.0E 95E 1E Takes the embosser off-line Go to the Service Menu Restore the factory default settings Reset the embosser Multi-Copy Reminder: Stay on-line while using Multi-Copy. 3.0E 3.1E 4.NNE 3.2E 3.3E 3.4E 3.5E Start Multi-Copy Document is fully copied and ready to print Print "NN" (2 to 99) copies of the document Stop printing at end of current copy Cancel Multi-Copy Suspend Multi-Copy at top of next sheet Resume Multi-Copy following 3.
Enter 5.1E on the keypad while staying on-line. Send your file from your computer. After the first completed sheet ejects, stay on-line. Insert the next sheet. Enter 2E on the keypad to set the top-of-form. (2E works on-line in Single Sheet Mode.) Repeat until the entire file has been embossed. Leave Single Sheet Mode by entering 5.0E on the embosser's keypad.
Parameters 50 through 62 refer to the ET Speaks option: 50E Set ET Speaks' volume (0E lowest to 9E highest) 51E Set ET Speaks' speed (0E slowest to 9E fastest) 52E Set ET Speaks' tone (0E bass, 1E mid-range, 2E treble) 53E Set ET Speaks' frequency (0E lowest to 9E highest) 54E Set ET Speaks' pitch (0E lowest to 9E highest) 55E Set ET Speaks' intonation, which is how much expression should be implied by punctuation (0E least to 9E most) 56E Set ET Speaks' articulation, which is the amount of distinctive sepa
WARRANTY, SUPPORT & SERVICE Enabling Technologies Company warrants all parts and workmanship of the embosser to be free of defects for a period of one year (365 days) from date of delivery. This warranty is extended only to the original purchaser who must return such defective part(s) to Enabling Technologies Company immediately upon customer's discovery of the defect in question. Return shipment of such defective part(s) must be pre-paid by customer.
inches of packing material around all sides of the embosser or call us to purchase new packing materials. Include a letter inside the package containing the following information: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Your name. Your company name (if applicable). Your shipping address and zip code. Your mail drop code (if applicable). Your RA number. A description of the trouble you are experiencing. Please include as much information as possible about the problem and the conditions under which it occurs.
