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Function |
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(The
buttons are described from left to right order.)
- Path - This button
is used to select the paper path. You
can choose the lower tractor feeder, upper feeder (use this for the single sheet feeder) or the stack
sheet
feeder. The stack sheet feeder is optional and no longer available for purchase. You
cannot switch unless the optional paper source is installed. An
LED light displays the chosen path. If autoperforation is turned
on for the paper
path, the corresponding LED is blinking. Paper paths may be selected from the computer for printing; however,
when moving paper from the embosser, the desired paper path must be
selected
from the embosser.
- Tear
- Paper will move forward so that you can tear and remove the printed sheets.
Then push Load button to return the paper to the ready position. When this
function is enabled the ViewPlus Pro will go offline.
- Menu
- This is a button with an LCD screen. It has a green LED light, which is lit
when the Main Menu is accessed. Various configurations and options can be set
in the Main Menu. Menu functions will be
discussed in the next section.
- Load
(Back) - Using this button will move the paper from
the path currently selected forward to the correct position to begin
printing
(ready position). This button will
always return the paper to the ready position. This function is enabled
only when the ViewPlus Pro is offline. Within the Main Menu this button
will back
you out of submenus.
- Park
(Select) - The park function is used to eject paper from
the path currently in use. Within the
Main Menu this button is used to select items.
- Up
- Up moves paper forward when Offline, or navigates up through the options in
the Main Menu. When the ViewPlus Pro is
in the ready state, this button increases the volume of the speech.
- Down -Down moves the paper back when Offline, or navigates down
through the Main Menu options. When the ViewPlus
Pro is in the ready state, this button decreases the volume.
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Status - Press this button to get a status message from the embosser, which
gives information about the currently used paper path settings.
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Online
- Toggle
to take embosser on or off line. Has a
green LED light, which is lit when the embosser is online and blinking when the
embosser receives data. Pressing this button during printing will stop the
print job.
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B. |
Display Messages |
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There
are many displayed and spoken messages when various options and functions are
accessed. The following messages
describe the operating status of the ViewPlus Pro.
- Ready
will be the first thing to be displayed on the operator panel after start up
messages. This is displayed when ViewPlus
Pro is ready to print a file. The embosser
is online.
- Offline
will be displayed when the embosser is neither online nor in the menus. If data is send to the embosser in offline
mode the embosser starts beeping. If you then press Online the embosser will
print the incoming print job
- Waiting
is displayed while the embosser is receiving a print job from the computer.
- Printing
is displayed while the embosser is in printer mode and embossing a print
job. Once the print job has begun the
page number currently printing is displayed.
- Embossing
is displayed while the embosser is
in embossing mode and embossing a print job.
- Table
Downloaded is displayed in
embosser mode when a braille table has been downloaded.
- No
paper present is displayed when the ViewPlus Pro does not
detect paper after a print job has been sent.
- Resume? Load will be displayed when the ViewPlus Pro
cannot finish a print job because there is no paper or a paper jam on the sheet
feeder. Load paper, press Load and the
print job will resume. Press Online to
cancel the print job.
- Unable
to print is displayed when an improperly formatted file is sent to the ViewPlus Pro in
printer mode.
- Housing
is open! is displayed when the
top lid of the ViewPlus Pro is open.
- Invalid
Paper Path is displayed if the paper
path selected for the print job in the print properties is not available.
- Alignment
Error is displayed if the
alignment of the embosser doesn't work. There are also several beeps. The beep pattern is a short beep, three seconds of
silence and another short beep. NOTE: The alignment can fail if the sensor is
covered with paper, which doesn't happen during normal use of embosser. To clear the sensor open the top cover of the
embosser and remove all paper that is not sitting correctly in the paper path.
Then try printing again. After many print jobs are completed, the sensor may
need cleaning. Please contact your dealer or ViewPlus Support for cleaning detail. If the alignment error appears continuously, contact ViewPlus Support.
- No
More Data is displayed if the
print job cannot be completed due to lack of data.
- Print
Aborted is displayed if the
print job is aborted by using the Online button.
- Paper
Jam is displayed if the embosser cannot free the paper paths before moving
paper to top of form. Remove paper from
the path manually.
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Main Menu |
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Main Menu
can be displayed by pressing the Menu button. In the menu any option or submenu can be entered by pressing the Select
button. The Up and Down keys will scroll
through options. To back out of a
submenu to the previous menu, press the Back/Load button. To exit entirely out of the menus press the
Menu button. To go directly to Ready,
press the Online button instead of the Menu button. Any changes or selections
in the main menu will be confirmed with the message "Parameters saved" when
leaving the menu. If you don't see this
message, the parameters will remain unchanged.
Default Parameters can be
restored. If you need this feature, hold
down the Menu button while turning the embosser on. This is the menu for this function
- DEFAULT PARMS
- Confirm? SELECT - Press Select/Park to set default parameters. Any other key will
cancel this procedure.
- Parms Saved - The embosser will then continue its normal start up.
USER MENU
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Perforate?SELECT - Perforates paper immediately.
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Paper
type - The punch force has different default settings depending on the
thickness of the paper.
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Braille
paper - This is the default
setting.
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VP
roll paper - This setting is for the ViewPlus 17 inch wide roll paper.
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Copy
paper
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Card
stock
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Sheet
plastic
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Custom
1 - This needs to be
defined in the Advanced Menu first.
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Custom
2 - This needs to be defined in the
Advanced Menu first.
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Custom
3 - This needs to be
defined in the Advanced Menu first.
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Perforate
OFF /ON - This is a toggle
switch to turn the perforation in the end of each printed page off or on. This is useful for continuous feed paper
but should be turned off when using paper that is already perforated. Press Select to toggle off and on. The paper
path LED will start blinking if autoperforate is turned on.
While in the Main
Menu, the paper path can be switched and you can choose paper type and
perforate on/off for the currently activated paper path. Without leaving the Main Menu, you can switch
to another paper path and choose these options again. Paper type and perforate
on/off settings assigned to the currently activated path will be kept in the embosser's
memory.
- Braille force
- BRL dots: HEAVY - Braille dots will be printed even heavier than graphic dot height 7.
- BRL dots: NORMAL - Braille
dots will be printed in the same height as graphic dot height 7.
- BRL dots:
LIGHT - Braille dots will be
printed in the same height as graphic dot height 6.
- Embosser Menu - Press the select button to enter the embosser menu. For printing performed without using the Windows print driver, this option allows you to set the following:
- Emboss: Text/Emboss: Graphics -This is a toggle switch to select text mode (sets standard Braille spacing between lines) or graphics mode (sets spacing between lines so that the spacing between the bottom of one line and the top of the next is the same as the standard spacing between dots within a Braille cell).
- Top Margin - Set the top margin for the page between 0 inches and 2.5 inches using the up and down arrow keys. The setting changes in increments of 0.05 inches.
- Left Margin - Set the left margin for the page between 0 inches and 2.5 inches using
the up and down arrow keys. The setting changes in increments of 0.05
inches.
- Paper Width - Select the paper width. Options are 8.5, 11.5, 13.8 or 16 inches, A3 or A4.
- Page Length - Select the paper length. The setting changes between 4 and 50 inches in increments of 1 inch.
- Line Length - Select the line length. Values available will vary depending on the selected page size, margins and Braille type.
- Lines Per Page - Select the desired number of lines per page. Values available will vary depending on the selected page size, margins and Braille type.
- AUTO CR: On/Off - This is a toggle switch to select whether the printer should automatically break text to the next line if it receives more characters than will fit on a line before it receives a carriage return.
- Braille dots: 6/Braille dots: 8 - This is a toggle switch to select 6-dot or 8-dot Braille.
- Braille table - Select the desired Braille code table. Options are US, Italian, French, Spanish, German or User. The User option allows a user to select a custom Braille table downloaded to the printer.
- Language - There are five
languages available on the ViewPlus Pro. Choose the language.
- English
- Deutsch - German
- Español - Spanish
- Français - French
- Italiano - Italian
- Advanced Menu - The description of this menu can be found in
the Advanced Menu Section.
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D. |
Embosser Mode |
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The Pro will switch to embosser mode automatically when
it detects data not sent through the Windows printer driver. Embosser mode
settings can be controlled from the printer properties window as described in Chapter
IV.
Currently this generic embosser mode accepts only normal printing
characters 32 (0x20) to 127(0x7f) from the standard ASCII table. Non-printing control characters are
interpreted as follows:
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4 |
(0x04) |
end of transmission
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7 |
(0x07) |
bell (bel) | |
10 |
(0x0a) |
carriage return (cr) | |
12 |
(0x0c) |
form feed (ff) | |
13 |
(0x0d) |
new line (nl) | |
23 |
(0x17) |
end of transmission
block (etb) |
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Advanced Menu |
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- Define
Custom - Select this option to define one of three custom punch force settings. See Section F for the description of this
menu.
- Interface - Selecting this option will lead to the
Interface Menu (see Section G).
- Align printer - Selecting this option will lead to the Alignment Menu (Section H).
- Product ID - This function displays and reads the serial
number of the embosser.
- Print
test page - Make sure there
is paper loaded in the embosser. Selecting this option will cause the ViewPlus
Pro to print a test pattern. This test can be stopped at any time by pressing
the Online button. You should examine
the pattern to make sure the ViewPlus Pro is operating correctly.
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Custom Menu |
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In
addition to the paper type settings, the ViewPlus Pro offers the possibility
to set custom punch forces for special material where none of the paper type
settings result in satisfactory printouts. Once a custom force setting is defined
it will appear in the list of paper type options in the Main Menu.
The closer the two numbers are together the less
contrast you will achieve in the 3D print out. The "Braille paper" system
setting is, for example, 2 for the lowest, and 12 for the highest punch force.
Higher numbers are usually needed for heavier print material.
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G. |
Alignment Menu |
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The
punch must be positioned towards the geometric center of all four pyramids on the
roller in order to create a satisfactory dot.
An ideal dot embossed by the ViewPlus
Pro should look like this:
When determining whether a dot is good or not, look
for this kind of pattern (you may want to use a handheld magnifying glass). A
good dot should be symmetric and of an equal height to a standard Braille dot.
In order to align the embosser correctly, follow all
steps as they are described below.
- Print Alignment - Make sure there is paper loaded in the embosser.
The ViewPlus Pro will print a grid of dots. You will need this grid to decide
which horizontal, and vertical value has to be entered in order to align the embosser.
Number the columns of dots in the grid starting with the dot towards the
closest edge of the paper from 1 to 12. Then number the rows of dots in the
grid starting at the top from 1 to 18.
- Set horiz. value - The value can be set between 1, and 12. Look for the
column in the previously printed grid where the dots are best aligned in
horizontal direction. Select the number of this column.
- Set vert. value - The value can be set between 1, and 18. Look for the row in the
previously printed grid where the dots are best aligned in vertical direction.
Select the number of this row.
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Interface Menu |
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Settings for the parallel port, or the serial port
interface can be changed in this menu.
- Port
- Auto detect - The ViewPlus Pro will automatically detect which port is
in use.
- Serial - Selecting this option disables the parallel port, and
communication is only possible via serial port.
- Parallel - Selecting this option disables the serial port, and
communication is only possible via parallel port.
- Baud Rate - This serial port setting will only be enabled if the
port is set to automatic detection, or serial port. Choose the baud rate as
number of bits per second.
- 9600 (9600) - This is the
default setting.
- 4800 (4800)
- 2400 (2400)
- 38400 (38400)
- 19200 (19200)
- Data Format - This serial port setting will only be enabled if the
port is set to automatic detection, or serial port. Select the data format for
serial port communication.
- 8, N, 1 - 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (default setting)
- 7, N, 1 - 7 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit
- Flow Control - This serial port setting will only be
enabled if the port is set to automatic detection, or serial port. Select the
flow control method for serial port communication.
- Hardw: RTS/CTS - The data flow control follows the specifications of
hardware protocol RTS/CTS.
- No flow control
- Softw:Xon/Xoff - The data flow control follows the
specifications of software protocol Xon/Xoff.
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