[Athen] Medium capacity Braille embosser?

[Jeffrey Dell]

We've had our Juliet for 10 years and have had to send it in twice for
minor maintenance.  We're probably getting an emprint tiger embosser
later this fall but I'm still going to keep the Juliet around because
it works great and is reliable.
Jeff

On 9/17/09, Gaeir Dietrich <gdietrich at htctu.net> wrote:

> Me, too, what Dan said, hands down, get the Juliet--great embosser,

> reliable, low-maintenance. I've known people who have had them for years and

> years with no problems.

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On

> Behalf Of Dan Comden

> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:58 AM

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

> Subject: Re: [Athen] Medium capacity Braille embosser?

>

> Another vote for the Juliet Pro 60 here. Have worked with a variety of

> embossers over the years and the Juliet is the most reliable and has the

> features you list. If you are going to be doing graphics, you'll want

> something in addition to the Juliet -- we have a Tiger Pro that's used for

> graphics.

>

> You'll most likely want to get a sound enclosure for it if you don't have

> one specified. We have one of the older cabinets -- the new one from

> Enabling looks pretty good though it's not clear how it'd handle large

> embossing jobs.

>

> -*- Dan Comden                       danc at washington.edu

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>       University of Washington   UW Technology

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> -----Original Message-----

>

> ATHEN:

>

> Any recommendations for medium volume Braille embosser for embossing

> textbooks?  We need something faster than a personal/desktop system but not

> as big/fast as what is used to in high volume publishing houses for

> magazines.

>

> Requirements

> * Interpoint

> * Accepts at least 11.5" wide paper

>

> Preferences

> * Reasonable footprint and space requirements

> * Front access only (for loading and retrieving paper) would be ideal so

> that we can provide accessible access to it without requiring too big of a

> room.  Being able to put it sideways against the wall would be OK if front

> and back access is required.

> * Anything decent in a cut-sheet embosser?

>

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