ViewPlus Emprint SpotDot Manual

• How To Print
• By checking Emboss, the Viewplus Emprint SpotDot will create embossed output.
  
• By checking Ink, the Viewplus Emprint SpotDot will create inked output.

Note: By checking both Emboss and Ink (default), the embossing printer will create both embossed and inked output.

• In 2 in 1 mode, the embossing printer will generate embossed output from every odd page and inked output from every even page of the document. This is useful if editing is done on either the embossed page or the printed page. There would be two pages in the document.
• Emboss Standard Texts: if checked standard text fonts will be printed in ink and embossed as text. The default is for this to be unchecked. The standard text fonts will be printed in ink only.
• Printer Preview: This checkbox (default is unchecked) toggles the embossing printer preview option. If printer preview is selected the printer driver will provide the user with a previewing dialog prior to the execution of the print job.
  

• Image - Contrast and brightness settings for embossed output.
• 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. Increasing the contrast makes the light colors lighter and makes the dark colors darker.
• Brightness: The default setting is 0. The range is from -100 to 100. Increasing the brightness is useful if you want to increase the intensity of all the colors. This is useful if the lines in the drawing are thin and light.

• Media thickness - Select the type of paper you want to use. The choices are:

• Print media type test pattern: Print to see the effect of the punch forces. This button accessed by using either Add or View.
  

• Media Surface
• Plain paper
• Photo paper, glossy
• Other Photo paper
• Premium plus Inkjet transparancy film
• Other transparency film
• Brochure & flyer, glossy
• Brochure & flyer, matte finish

• Braille dot height - High, medium or low may be selected. The best way to judge the desired height is to print a document and adjust the braille height. The default is normal.

• Thin Line Intensity - Enhances thin lines with darker colors against lighter backgrounds. The slider bar can be adjusted between 1 and 6. The higher the intensity factor, the sharper the thin line.

• Dry Time - This option sets the time that the embossing printer allows the ink to dry. This slider bar can be adjusted between 1 and 16 seconds.

• 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.
• Extra space between lines - The default spacing is .05 inches. It increases in .05 increments up to .25 inches.
• Characters per line (read only) - When margins or page size is changed, this number also changes.
• Lines per page (read only) - When margins or page size is changed, this number also changes.
• Text/graphics mode - You can choose either text or graphics.
• Dots per character - Choose between 6 or 8.
• Automatic text wrapping - When checked the text is wrapped to the next line. If it is not checked, it is possible to lose characters from long lines.
• Download custom braille table - The ViewPlus Emprint SpotDot can hold up to 8 custom defined braille tables. Clicking on this button opens a Load Table window and a user-defined braille character set from ASCII value 0 to 255 can be downloaded to the ViewPlus Emprint SpotDot. 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://www.viewplus.com/support/ for additional information about this mode.