Hi Alison,
An excellent description of how to use DBT to produce such small labels.
But may I add a suggestion, or in fact a warning?
Do NOT cut the labels into single ones right away, or you will have serious
problems getting the backing sheet off. If you do, you will only do it once!
(Smile)
We use the continuous sheets, and ONLY cut them to the required depth
horizontally, leaving the backing sheet in place.
When you are ready to apply a label, you can then peel the backing sheet off so
far, and cut JUST the label.
George
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Alison
Sent: 20 November 2016 16:54
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Preparing labels
Yes! It is possible to make many braille labels with DBT and an embosser.
You can buy sheets of transparent self-stick labels. Here is a website in the
USA for example:
http://www.americanthermoform.com/product-category/braille-labels/
These are the labels I use. They are 8.5 inches wide and 11 inches long (21.59
centimeters wide and 27.94 centimeters long). The labels named "embossables"
are for tractor-feed embossers (for example, Juliet or Braillo embossers), and
the labels named "braillables" are plain sheets with no tractor holes.
I do not have an Index embosser, so maybe another person can give advice about
that. You may need to change some settings on your embosser to make it work
properly. For example, because the label sheets are slightly thicker than
normal paper, you may need to change the "dot height" (which means, how much
force will be used to make the braille dots). You should ask for advice from
someone who is familiar with your embosser, because if you use the wrong
settings, you will get bad labels and possibly cause some damage to your
embosser.
When you have some label sheets and your embosser is set properly, then you
need to make a file in DBT with many labels on one page. You said you want to
make labels that are 4 characters by 1 row, so you should create a table with 4
characters and 2 spaces and 4 more characters and 2 more spaces and 4 more
characters, et cetera. Then use a blank line before the next row of labels. For
the label sheets I suggested, you could easily fit 30 braille characters per
line and 25 lines per page, so that means you can fit 65 of your labels on each
sheet -- you mentioned you want 25 labels saying "cc#e" and 15 labels saying
"h#bj" and I will imagine you also want 25 labels saying "a#bc" for example:
Line 1: cc#e cc#e cc#e cc#e cc#e
Line 2: (blank)
Line 3: cc#e cc#e cc#e cc#e cc#e
Line 4: (blank)
Line 5: cc#e cc#e cc#e cc#e cc#e
Line 6: (blank)
Line 7: cc#e cc#e cc#e cc#e cc#e
Line 8: (blank)
Line 9: cc#e cc#e cc#e cc#e cc#e
Line 10: (blank)
Line 11: h#bj h#bj h#bj h#bj h#bj
Line 12: (blank)
Line 13: h#bj h#bj h#bj h#bj h#bj
Line 14: (blank)
Line 15: h#bj h#bj h#bj h#bj h#bj
Line 16: (blank)
Line 17: a#bc a#bc a#bc a#bc a#bc
Line 18: (blank)
Line 19: a#bc a#bc a#bc a#bc a#bc
Line 20: (blank)
Line 21: a#bc a#bc a#bc a#bc a#bc
Line 22: (blank)
Line 23: a#bc a#bc a#bc a#bc a#bc
Line 24: (blank)
Line 25: a#bc a#bc a#bc a#bc a#bc
If you use tabs for this, then your tabs will be: 1, 7, 13, 19, 25.
You should emboss your file on regular paper first, to be sure everything looks
good to you, before you emboss on label sheets (they are a bit expensive so you
will be happy if you find any errors before you emboss on label sheets!). For
me, it is best to use 2 spaces between each label and 1 blank line -- this
makes it easy for me to cut the labels apart after embossing -- you should
emboss on regular paper and practice cutting the labels apart, so you can
decide if this format works well for you -- maybe you will prefer to use a
different number of spaces or blank lines for your project.
PS: After you cut your labels apart, you will probably have some extra bits of
the label sheets that are scraps -- I usually keep the larger scraps because
they work well for making quick labels with a Perkins brailler or a slate &
stylus -- I think these label scraps are much better than ugly Dymo tape
because they are transparent and you can make labels with more than one line of
braille, and also these label scraps are easier to use because the adhesive
backing is much easier to remove (Dymo tape makes me crazy ha ha ha!).
I hope this information will help you -- good luck!
Sincerely, Alison
----- Original Message -----
From: Jordy Deweer <jordyydeweer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, 20 Nov 2016 11:22:20 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Preparing labels
Hello Greg,
Yes, I am familiar with that kind of little braille labeling, but the problem
is that I need more then 100 labels! It is much easier to make them on the
computer and to emboss them.
It are not all different texts, but I need, by example, 25 lables with cc#e,
15 with h#bj and so on!
I kno wit is possible to make those labels by a dymo, but i twill take a lot of
time. Unfortunately, I do not have this time.
But many thanks for your help; there will be others who have this question to
and who are able to make them manually!
For lesser volumes, I use the dymotape too. It is a very handy method to label
things!
Vriendelijke groeten,
Jordy Deweer
Tel. +32(0)497/40.70.01
Email: jordydeweer@xxxxxxxxxxx
Van: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Namens Greg Daniel
Verzonden: zondag 20 november 2016 11:23
Aan: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Onderwerp: [duxuser] Re: Preparing labels
Hi Jordy,
If I were making 4-character labels, I would use dymo tape, if you are familiar
withthetapeon which you can Braille, then peel off the back and attach the
label to a surface.
Greg
At 04:49 AM 11/20/2016, you wrote:
Hello all,
Is there a way to prepare some brailelabels from 4 characters, by 1 row? It is
to make a game accessible. If so, how do I have to make those labels?
And is it possible to emboss these little labels with an Index Everest V4 on
selfsticked plastic foil?
Thanks in advance!
Vriendelijke groeten,
Jordy Deweer
Tel. +32(0)497/40.70.01
Email: jordydeweer@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jordydeweer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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