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Windows Printer Defaults |
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Windows Printer
Defaults
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 Desktop Series embosser through
Start>Printers and Faxes on Windows XP or Start>Settings>Control
Panel>Printers and Faxes on Windows XP, right click on your Desktop Series
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.
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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 the
Crop Margins is checked the image will be cropped to fit the page size.
- 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
would increase the dot height difference of two colors that have intensities
that are nearly the same. By increasing
the contrast, the light colors get lighter and the 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 either too high or too low.
- Media Type - This allows you to select the type of media you
are printing on to load pre-set punch force values that optimize the printing
for that media. You may view the values for pre-set media types, or you can
even 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 the 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 .05 inches. It
increases in .05 increments up to .25 inches.
- Text/graphics mode -
You can choose either text or graphics.
- Dots per character -
Choose between 6 or 8.
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Download
custom braille table - The ViewPlus
Cub/Max can hold one custom defined braille table (Firmware Version 1.5.0 or
later required). When clicked on Load Table, a user defined braille character
set from ASCII value 32 to 127 can be downloaded to the ViewPlus Cub/Max. 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 http://support/viewplus.com 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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