Hi Eileen,
Near the bottom of the DBT window, there is a status line that displays the
braille page number, along with some other information. If you position
your cursor at the point where you want to restart embossing, the correct
page number will appear on that status line. Just use that number as the
starting page in the dialog, and pick some outrageously high number for the
ending page number, and you'll get the results you want. Since you're
printing on both sides of the page, you may want the ending page number to
be even, and somewhat higher than your estimate of what the last page
number should be. So, for example, if you think there are 155 pages, use
200 for the ending page number.
I've never tried this, but you might be able to print your .brf file
directly to your embosser. To do this, open Windows Explorer or My
Computer and find the file. When you've found it, right click on it and
select Print from the context menu. This will open up a dialog in which
you'll find a list of the printers on your system, and one of them should
be your embosser. Select it, and click OK. If the document is correctly
formatted, you should be all set.
Steve
On Tuesday 2/17/04 17:13 Eileen Scrivani wrote:
Hi Lloyd,
I don't mean to be funny or fresh, but I thought that was the entire point of why the NLS introduced Web Braille ... to make it possible to emboss books on home embosser's. And that they were already formatted appropriately for doing so. If not DBT to emboss the file, then what should I used to get it to the printer without wasting reams of paper?
I wish there was a way in DBT to select a very specific point in a file such as a .brf and select from that point to the end or where ever and just have it emboss, leaving page numbers in tact. <SIGH>
Thanks.
Eileen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <lras@xxxxxxx> To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 4:35 PM Subject: [duxuser] Re: Continuation of Interupted Print Job?
You're going to have a hard time being on the same page, so to speak. Web-braille files are typically 38 to 40 characters per line and mostly 25 lines per page. But occasionally there will be a 26th line because corrections were made. You should either be using the disregard import settings, or use the braille import settings, with textbook format, probably at 40 characters per line and 26 lines per page. I don't think that using DBT to emboss Web-braille material is a very easy thing to do.
At 04:18 PM 2/17/2004 -0500, you wrote: >I'm pretty sure that when I opened the .brf file in Dbt I went with the >default of Standard, and not textbook. Does this Make a difference? Sorry, >but I'm new to this and not sure what the selections should be. I have >noticed that after about the 9th Braille page, the page numbers stopped >printing at the lower right of the page and there after were about the >second to last line on the pages in the right margin/corner. > >Eileen > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <lras@xxxxxxx> >To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:56 PM >Subject: [duxuser] Re: Continuation of Interupted Print Job? > > >Sorry. I shouldn't have said "reference page." It's the braille page >which is being treated as a unit by the emboss routine. So if you're >running in texttbook format, look for the braille page numbers which are in >the lower-right corner of pages. Then check the preliminary pages which >are before braille page 1. > >At 03:41 PM 2/17/2004 -0500, you wrote: > >Okay, > > > >So let's say it's reference page 52, but there are about 5 lines above the > >line of dashes with the ref page number, is specifying that reference page > >number 52 going to also give me the 5 lines that appeared above it? I guess > >what I'm asking is will it print off exact duplicates of what was already > >printed in the page or two before the printer stopped operating? And, will > >eliminate duplication of text and weird breaks in my final document? > > > >Thanks. > > > >Eileen > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <lras@xxxxxxx> > >To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:18 PM > >Subject: [duxuser] Re: Continuation of Interupted Print Job? > > > > > >It is the reference page, sort of. You must account for any preliminary > >pages in determining where to start embossing; DBT isn't really parsing the > >document. It's just counting form feeds. > > > >At 03:06 PM 2/17/2004 -0500, you wrote: > > >Hi All: > > > > > >A question ... I was printing off a NLS Web Braille book (.brf). Using a > > >Versa Point Duo, double sided printing. For some odd reason, the printer > > >just stopped printing in the middle of what was working fine. I suspect a > > >loose cable ... Anyway, my question has to do with locating the position > > >in the file where I want the printing to pick up with and continue. I >also > > >want the page numbers to be smooth without revealing a break in the > > >printing in the finished product. > > > > > >Using go to page number and checking the reference page, I can find the > > >approx location in the file where it ended. I don't care if a page or 2 > > >gets repeated when I pickup the printing, but don't want to waste paper > > >with multiple page repeats. Also, want the page numbering to be as they > > >were before the printer stopped with the original printing. That is, I > > >don't want it to start with the page #1! > > > > > >Under emboss, I know I can select a range of pages. Is this number > > >referring to the reference page number or something else? I know my > > >printer ended near reference page 51 and I wish to continue there, do I > > >enter page 51 for the starting point in the range? And, I want it to run > > >to the end of the doc so do I need the ending pg number or will leaving >it > > >blank assume this for me? > > > > > >Thanks in advance for any/all pointers you can give. > > > > > >Eileen
Braille is the solution to the digital divide. Lloyd Rasmussen, Senior Staff Engineer National Library Service f/t Blind and Physically Handicapped Library of Congress (202) 707-0535 <http://www.loc.gov/nls/> HOME: <http://lras.home.sprynet.com> The opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily represent those of NLS.
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