On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 10:27:16 -0500 (EST), <
dg140@...>
wrote:
> Hi ST. At this point, the tactile printers used by the blind (who feel
> rather than see the diagrams) must receive an ascii signal set. Crazy I
> know, but the manufacturers still build them this way. In order to use
> them in Windows, you must either use a special interface program which is
> worse than drawing something by hand without your plastic eyes in, or at
> least select the text driver in windows and fiddle with it from there.
> The tactile printers (Braille embossers with higher resolution for
> graphics) simply do not directly dance in Windows. Hence, the need for
> an
> ascii driver in ORCAD, and likely a low DPI by ink standdards. I can use
> a laser or plotter for standard stuff, but a text driver is needed for
> the
> tactile printouts, and even then I'm not certain that it will work. with
> one exception, the embossers' companies do ot plan to build a
> Windows-compatible printer. Imagine that eh.
>
> Charles
Now i see reason for that....
Well, i know nothing about tactile printers.
(honestly i didn't know the word and just read over it -
didn't ask the dictionary the first time)
Don't they have any "graphics" mode like the old needle printers?
You maybe can print to file and then try to convert
it to something useful. look for the "asci art" programms, maybe you could
convert it to ascii. you can also export EDIF and DXF from orcad capture.
how does the printer work? like an needle printer?
I remember from needle printer times that ther was software to print
"graphics" with them...
st