Ottawa Canada Hi Rick and list:
In my experience, tractor feed paper feeds the most reliably. Embossers that use cut sheets of paper, such as the Everest can be very picky about paper thickness and finish e. g. smooth or a bit rough etc. Enabling Technologies, Stuart, Florida has been making Braille embossers forever. Not sure what quantity of Braille you plan to be embossing. Their Juliet Pro is nice, can use either tractor feed or cut single sheets (the cut paper feeder is an extra cost option) and does Interpoint if desired. Not sure how noisy it is though. The big advantage of an Interpoint embosser is not so much in the savings on paper, as it will only use half the sheets of paper to emboss a document that a single-sided embosser would, but in the savings in bulk! ItÂ’s a bit more expensive than a single-sided embosser of the same speed, but you save in not having to find a larger house to live in with all your Braille documents. There are sound covers for many makes and models of Braille embossers and they do quiet them a bit. But embossing Braille is by its very nature a noisy business as you're pounding paper into shape, not just putting a coat of ink on it like with an ink printer. There are of course other firms making excellent embossers. I think Freedom Scientific still makes the Versa Point and while it is single-sided, if they still build them like Telesensory did, they are real work horses. Ideally, you want to visit the demo room of your local association for the blind and see how good the Braille is, and how noisy each of several different embossers is. Then make an informed decision. Do remember that unless the demo room is about the size of the room you will be running the embosser in, it will probably sound louder at home than in a large demo room. When choosing an embosser, be certain to take into account whether the repair depot or factory where it is actually made is in the USA or not. Braillo of Norway, Rhesus of The Netherlands and Theil of Germany all make excellent embossers I am told, but I am not sure if they all have repair depots in North America. Sending an embosser back to its makers in Europe can get expensive as UPS or Fed Ex charge by the pound and well made embossers are usually quite heavy. There is also the shipping time. Unless you have access to another embosser, you want your embosser back completely repaired very soon. That means air shipping and that will get your embosser to its makers in usually a day or two, but when you figure you have to pay shipping to its repair depot and back, can add up. Also on international shipments, you have to provide documentation to customs about the unit or may find you pay duty and taxes on the full cost of the embosser, not just on the repairs done to it. Hope this helps. Brian Brian K. Lingard email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: ve3yiab2ji15 tel: +1 (613) 247-0665 New York NY Tel +1 (646) 797-2862 FAX +1 (613) 247-9998 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.31/1128 - Release Date: 13/11/2007 11:09 AM ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
