Hi Peter. Yes, I think you hit the nail on the head as usual, line spacing is not set at the default in Dave's embosser and that may be the issue. I wonder then could other parameters break this such as setting it to Japanese braille etc? I am a bit puzzled. Don On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:26:47 -0400, Peter Sullivan wrote: >Don, > >That is not true. Dave has in fact set things up correctly, by all >appearances. My guess is that we just have the wrong value for the number >of lines that a Basic-D might put on 11" paper. Perhaps this is because >Dave uses a spacing that we didn't anticipate. > >For the record, DBT's "Desired" top margin in *not* added to the top margin >specified in Device Settings. Rather, DBT enforces the value in Device >Settings ad the minimum possible value for a desired top margin. DBT adds >CR/LF pairs (or whatever line ending is appropriate) when the desired top >margin exceeds the Device Settings value. > >- Peter > >-----Original Message----- >From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On >Behalf Of Don Breda >Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 1:08 PM >To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [duxhelp] Re: Not able to ge desired lines per braille page. > >Hi Dave. > >You have a top margin of 1 in the embosser setup and a top margin of 1 in >the Index embosser itself. This is your problem. > >You can not have an option such as top margin set in both places. > > >Don > > >On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:26:32 -0400, Dave Durber wrote: > >>I own three Index Basic-D braille embossers. Firmware version II, >>software version 4.40 installed. >> >>Since the beginning of the Beta Cycle for the release of DBT 10.5, I >>have been trying to understand why I cannot emboss the desired number >>of lines per page from the embosser when using DBT 10.5. >> >>Following are the settings that I set in the Basic-D: >> >>Group Page Layout Menu >> >>Characters Per Line: 30 >> >>Left Margin: 0 >> >>B Margin: 0 (This is actually Binding Margin). >> >>Top Margin: 1 >> >>Bottom Margin: 0 >> >>Line Spacing: 5.2 (At this setting, with the top margin set to 1, the >>embosser can emboss 25 lines per page. With a top margin of 0, the >>embosser can emboss 26 lines per page but the embosser starts embossing >>approximately 1 quarter of an inch from the top of the page, which is >>too near the top of the page. >> >>Page Mode: Double-Sided >> >>Print Mode: Normal >> >>page number: off >> >>Paper Length 1: 11 inches >> >>Paper Length 2: 11 inches >> >>Z-folding: Off >> >>Group Option Settings >> >>Word Wrap: Off >> >>Auto Line Feed: Off >> >>Form-Feed: Off >> >>Impact Level: 4 >> >>Delay Time: 4 >> >>Print Quality: Normal >> >>Graphic Dot Distance: 2.0 >> >>Text Dot Distance: Normal Pring-out Mode 2.5 >> >>Setup: Open >> >>Paper Jam: On >> >>Distance After File: 1 >> >>DBT 10.5 Settings: >> >>Global Embosser Settings: >> >>Braiiller Device: Basic-D >> >>Under Brailler Device Edit Button: >> >>General Tab Page: >> >>Embosser Model: Index Basic-D >> >>Setup Name: Basic-D >> >>Default Form: Narrow Width, 11 inch long, braille paper >> >>Output Options: Write to port >> >>Output to LPT1 >> >>Device Settings Tab Page >> >>Embosser Version: Firmware Version II >> >>Left margin (extra cells): 0 >> >>Rightmost cell placement: 30 >> >>Top Margin setting: 1 >> >>Interpoint embossing is enabled: checked >> >>Output encoding: North American >> >>High Punctuation: Uppercase >> >>Letter case: Lowercase >> >>Advanced Tab Page >> >>Job setup, use custom job setup: unchecked >> >>End of line indicator: Carriage Return, line feed (PC) >> >>End of page indicator: Form Feed Only >> >>EOL on a full line: Checked >> >>The last four buttons on this page are unchecked >> >>Returning to the Global Embosser Setup Page >> >>Braille formatting form: Narrow width, 11 inch long, braille paper >> >>Desired formatting: >> >>Characters per line: 30 >> >>Lines per page: 25 >> >>Top Margin: 1 >> >>Binding Margin: 0 >> >>Emboss in interpoint: Checked >> >>Emboss Banner page: unchecked >> >>When I emboss a file with the above settings, I do not get a braille >>file with 25 lines embossed on each side of the page as I would expect. >>However, If I set the number of lines in DBT to 24, I get a braille >>output that has 24 lines of braille on each side of the sheet of paper. >> >>Please advise me as to how I can get 25 lines on each side of a sheet >>of paper, using the above settings. >> >>I have run out of ideas. >> >>Personally speaking, all of the embosser information should not be >>contained in one embosser such as "emb.elt". It would be a far more >>sensible and logical, not only to say, more efficient for operating and >>troubleshooting reasons to have DBT create an individual file for each >>embosser that is installed. >> >>Sincerely: >> >>Dave Durber >> >>* * * >>* This message is via list duxhelp at freelists.org. >>* To unsubscribe, send a blank message with >>* unsubscribe >>* as the subject to <duxhelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also >>* subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription >>* options by visiting //www.freelists.org. 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