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Windows Printer Defaults |
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After
installation and setup are completed, changing your default settings to
settings that will be used the most often will save time in the future.
To set the default settings on
your printer, enter the printer properties page for your Pro
embosser through Start>Printers and Faxes on Windows XP or
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Printers and Faxes on Windows XP, right
click on your Pro embosser and choose 'Printer Properties'.
To select the paper size you
will most commonly use, click the 'Printing Preferences...' button on the General
tab. On the Layout tab of the Printing Preferences page, click the 'Advanced...'
button. You will now be able to select the paper size you will usually use from
a drop down list. Please note that if you later wish to use a paper size larger
than what you have chosen on this page, you will need to adjust this setting before
printing.
Now you need to set your Tiger
printing preferences. Please read the descriptions below to help you make your
selections. The default settings on the Tiger tab will be appropriate for most
users most of the time. When you are finished making your selections, be sure
to click the OK button to save your settings.
Shows
Tiger Tab
- Duplex - From
this drop down you may choose to print single-sided, double-sided
(interpoint) or interpoint with graphics. The double-sided option will
print manual interpoint; the odd pages will print first and then you will
need to remove the paper from the printer, flip it over, reload it and
then click OK on the computer to print the even pages. Interpoint with
graphics works similarly except that if you have a graphic, the back of
that page will be left blank.
- Print - If
double-sided or interpoint with graphics is selected, this drop down
allows you to choose whether you'd like to print all of the pages in your
document, the odd pages only or the even pages only. This option is useful
if you forget to turn the paper over between the time you print the front
interpoint pages and when you click OK to send the back pages.
- Horizontal Shift - This might be a useful feature to turn on when embossing
interpoint or intergraphics.
- Inverse Landscape -
If
inverse landscape is checked, multiple pages of a spreadsheet will be
embossed so the embossed information is continuous.
- Magnification - The
original document may be magnified by 2, 3, or 6 times. This allows the image to be made larger
without changing the formatting. If
'Crop Margins' is checked the image will be cropped to fit the page size.
- Print
Copies/Collate - When
the collate box is checked and multiple copies of a document are desired, one
complete document will be embossed at a time. If the collate box is left unchecked multiple copies of each page will
be embossed.
- Autoload paper - This
setting applies to single sheet feed. When it is checked, the printer will
automatically load paper placed into the single sheet feeder as soon as
paper is detected there.
- Invert Colors - This
might be used for special effects for images that would emboss better with the
light colors embossed as dark and the dark colors embossed as light
colors.
- Dithering - The
default mode has dithering off. Dithering is used to enhance the color information. Most of the time the user would prefer to
have distinct colors with the dots having the same height. If there is need to have the colors mixed,
try turning dithering on.
- Contrast - The
default setting is 0. The range is from
-100 to 100. Increasing the contrast increases the dot height difference of two colors that have intensities
that are nearly the same. By increasing
the contrast, light colors get lighter and dark colors get darker.
- Brightness - The
default setting is 0. The range is from
-100 to 100. Increasing the brightness would
be useful if you want to increase the intensity of all the colors. This would be useful if the lines in the
drawing are thin and light.
- Thin Line Intensity - If lines on the graphics are too thin to
emboss correctly, slide the indicator to the right.
- Braille Dot Height -
This
combo box allows you to choose high, normal or low braille dots. This can
be useful if you are having difficulty reading the dots due to them being
too high or too low.
- Media Types -
This
allows you to select the type of media you are printing on to load pre-set
punch force values that optimize printing on that media. You may view the
values for pre-set media types, or you can add your own if you are
printing on a special type of media.
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Legacy Printer Defaults |
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Now that you have set your Windows printer defaults, you
should also set your legacy printer defaults. These are adjustable from the
Legacy Settings tab of the printer properties window. Below is a description of
the options on the Legacy Settings tab.
Shows Legacy Tab
- Paper size - Standard pages sizes or custom page sizes may be
selected.
- Margins - Set
the margins to 0 if you are using a program which sets its own
margins.
- Line
Settings
- Automatic
text wrapping - When checked the text is
wrapped to the next line. If it is not checked, it is possible if
the line is too long to lose characters.
- Characters per line - When margins or page
size is changed, this number also changes.
- Lines per page - When margins or page size is
changed, this number also changes.
- Extra space between lines - The
default spacing is 0.05 inches. It increases in 0.05 increments up to
0.25 inches.
- Text/graphics
mode - You can choose either text or graphics.
- Dots per
character - Choose between 6 or 8.
- Download
custom braille table - A user defined braille character
set from ASCII value 32 to 127 can be downloaded to the ViewPlus Pro. The
braille character sets are typically stored in braille conversion table
files (*.BCT). This file format is editable in Notepad and allows the user
to create user definable conversion tables. Go to
the ViewPlus Support Page for additional information about this mode.
- Serial
communication - If you are using this port, the
settings in the Legacy Settings tab on the Printer Properties screen must
be the same as the settings for the communication port on the
computer. The settings on the Legacy Settings tab are:
- Bits per
second - default setting is 9600
- Protocol -
8N1
- Flow control - Hardware
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