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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 Elite or Premier
embosser through Start>Printers and Faxes on Windows XP or
Start>Settings>Control Panel>Printers and Faxes on Windows 2000, right
click on your Elite or Premier 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 or double-sided
(interpoint).
- Insert an empty page to the front/back of a graphics page - If this option is checked, a blank page will be inserted so that graphics print on a separate page. This prevents graphics within a text document from having braille or other graphics printed on the back side, potentially distorting the image.
- 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.
- 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.
- Preview - If this option is checked, a preview of the document will be shown in Tiger Viewer or Tiger Designer instead of printing.
- 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.
- Apply Chessboard Pattern - If this option is checked, solid color areas of graphics will be printed with every other dot removed, creating a chessboard pattern. This option is often helpful for large, dark graphics where the embossing might be likely to wrinkle the paper.
- Thin Line Intensity - If lines on the graphics are too thin to
emboss correctly, slide the indicator to the right.
- Media Type -
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 Settings Tab
- Paper size -
Standard page 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 this option is 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.
- Extra space
between lines - The default spacing is 0.05 inches with 0.00 extra space between lines. It
increases in 0.05 increments up to 0.25 inches.
- Media Type -
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.
- Media Source - This allows you to select the source of the media. The default is 'Tractor'.
- Text/graphics mode - 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 Elite or Premier. 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.
- 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.
- Duplex mode - When this option is checked, documents will be printed double-sided (interpoint).
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Service Settings |
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The service tab provides several servicing
functions for your ViewPlus Tiger Elite or Premier embosser. Please do not adjust any settings on this page unless directed to do so by ViewPlus Support.
- Print Head Alignment - This prints the alignment
page for the embossing head. Select which embossing head to align by choosing the button under the "Top" or "Bottom" section. The "Top" settings are used for the front of the page, which is the top side of the paper as it comes out of the embosser. The "Bottom" settings are used for the back side of the page, which is the bottom side of the paper as it comes out of the embosser. In order to produce perfect dots on the
special Tiger platen, the embossing head needs to be aligned with the
grooves. This procedure prints out a 20 by 24 pattern of dots of which one dot
looks perfectly aligned. After the test page has been printed, select the best aligned row and column and enter their values in the "Vertical" and "Horizontal" boxes, respectively. The columns and rows are numbered from the left to right and
top to bottom, respectively, starting with 1.
- Emboss Skew
Calibration -
This prints the skew calibration pattern. Select which embossing head to set the print skew for by choosing the button under the "Top" or "Bottom"
section. The "Top" settings are used for the front of the page, which
is the top side of the paper as it comes out of the embosser. The
"Bottom" settings are used for the back side of the page, which is the
bottom side of the paper as it comes out of the embosser. The pattern is 40 dots
of which one is perfectly aligned with the dots above and below it in line. Please count the number of dots
from top to bottom starting with 1. Enter the best dot number.
- Interpoint Calibration - This button allows the user to adjust the horizontal placement of interpoint (the placement of dots horizontally on the back side of the page with respect to the placement of dots on the front of the page). The calibration pattern is 11 cells of four dots on the front side and 11 cells of one dot on the back side. The dots on the back side have varying horizontal alignment with respect to the dots on the front. With the four-dot cells facing up, find the cell with the best interpoint alignment and count the cells, from left to right starting with 1, to determine its number. Enter this number in the Figure box.
- Ethernet - This button opens a new dialog displaying the Ethernet information being used for the printer, including its IP address.
- Print Test Page - This button prints a test page from the
printer.
- Check Emboss Usage - This button displays how much of the total printing done by the printer has been done on each print carriage and allows the user to change which carriage is the primary carriage
(which carriage prints single-sided print jobs and graphics). Users who
frequently print single-sided documents and graphics can extend the life
of their printers by changing the primary carriage periodically, which helps even out the wear on the carriages.
- Printer Status - At the bottom of the Service tab is a printer status box, which gives information about what the printer is currently doing. If you are receiving an error tone from the printer, check the printer status box for more information about the error.
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