[Athen] Braille embosser recommendations

[dandrews920 at comcast.net]

It has been a long time since I used an Everest, and I would think it has
been improved. It uses a paper feeder and prints on individual sheets.
Initially, at least, the feeder was somewhat problematic with Braille paper.


 

Also it is an impact printer, so won't offer as much variation with graphics
as the ViewPlus. 

 

I have never used the larger View Plus embossers so don't know how they
would do with volume embossing. They are good for graphics.

 

Dave

 

 

 

 

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Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 9:36 AM
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Subject: [Athen] Braille embosser recommendations

 

Howdy y'all!

 

I've spoken with a couple of colleagues as we're researching and preparing
to upgrade our Braille embosser (a Viewplus Tiger Pro from the early 2000s).

 

I'd love any feedback from folks who have done similar research on embossers
within the past couple of years.

 

Our list of requirements aren't too lengthy: (1) The ability to produce
tactile graphics is imperative. (2) We have produced larger volumes of
Braille, so a characters-per-second of 100+ is important. WE have a couple
of blind students now, with tactile graphics production possibly needed for
math and economics classes in the next two semesters. We have managed to do
several tactile graphics projects with Illustrator and Tiger Design Suite in
the past, but I'm also open to exploring any other products, solutions, or
workflows if we move away from the Viewplus family of embossers.

 

I've looked at the Delta 2 by Viewplus and the Everest by Index. These seem
to be efficient solutions that meet our requirements and also stay around
$5-$6K with an extended warranty. The next tier of embossers jump into the
$10-$15K+ and seem to do more than what we may need.

 

Curious if anyone else has recommendations or other thoughts I may not be
considering right now.

 

Grateful for y'all!

 

Thanks,

J

 

 

 

 

 

 

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