Hi Diane, I use a Braille Blazer with my BrailleNote as well, and I had the problems you mentioned but only when I started embossing. I experimented on the settings and ever since I nailed the right ones, or at least the ones that work for me, then I have been embossing happily. I will give you the list of settings I use for embossing both Braille and text documents.
1. Embosser Setup Menu: On your BrailleNote, enter the Embosser Setup Menu (W from the Main Menu, then E and S) and try the following settings that I use, taking note of the comments within parentheses. Paper length: 25 Paper width: 32 Use form feed between pages?: yes Pause after each page?: yes (but only because the Blazer gets choked on paper, something that doesn't happen when I use my Braille 'n Speak with it; try setting this to no first and see if you run into problems) Does your embosser emboss both sides of the page?: no (note that even if you will use an embosser that Brailles on both sides of the page, you must use this setting because it's a bug in Keyword) Page offset: 1 (but this is because I bind the stuff that I emboss; this setting means that your document, including the left margin, will start the number of cells you specify, in this case one cell, after the left edge of the paper; if you will not bind your work, then keep the default of 0) Embosser port: parallel * If I set this to serial, then the other settings are as follows: BAUD rate: 9600 (used by most embossers) Parity: none Number of data bits: 8 Handshaking: Software 2. Format Menu in Braille documents or the Braille Settings of text documents to be embossed: Indent first line of paragraph: 2 (which means I don't have to insert two spaces for indention because the BN will take care of it, but remember that paragraph boundaries are as defined in the Back Translation Options) Style of presentation: Identical to source (used for already formatted documents, like those downloaded from NLS web Braille and similar sites, or Braille files you've formatted on your computer using a Braille translator like Duxbury; otherwise, you must select the heading, subheading and paragraph styles wherever appropriate) 3. Back Translation Options (for the paragraph boundary): Enter the File Manager (F from the Main Menu), then the Translation Menu (press T), and the Back Translation Options (press B). Configure the settings by pressing SPACE with dots 3-4 (CTRL with SPACE) to cycle through the available options. What type of paragraph boundary is used in the source document?: indented or blank lines (this means, you must have two new line markers between paragraphs or just one new line marker followed by spaces for the indention; another option is ONE OR MORE NEW LINE MARKERS, which means that you can have each paragraph as a continuous line, separated by just one new line marker; yet another option is ONE OR MORE BLANK LINES which is like the first except that it will not consider indention as the start of new paragraphs) 4. Forward Translation Options (if you will emboss text documents, which the BrailleNote will do so by first translating to contracted Braille): New line translation: leave unchanged Convert italics font to Braille italics: yes Suppress multiple spaces: yes Suppress new page markers: yes Ignore tabs: yes Include capital signs: yes (unless you use British English Braille, then set this to NO) Suppress blank lines in outline style: yes Blank lines before and after a heading: 1,1 (applies only for lines that start with the heading style symbol inserted by pressing BACKSPACE with S or CTRL with Y for Style of Presentation, and hitting H for the Heading Style) Heading format: New page, Center line (SPACE with P or CTRL with ENTER, and ENTER with C or CTRL with E) Blank lines before and after a subheading: 1,0 (same explanation as for Heading, but hit S to select the Subheading Style of Presentation) Subheading format: four Spaces (ENTER with B or CTRL with SPACE four times) Paragraph format: New line, two Spaces (SPACE with dots 2-6 or CTRL with ENTER, and ENTER with B or CTRL with SPACE twice) Revert to paragraph style after how many blank lines?: 2 Size of indent for wrapped lines in the lines and outline styles: 2 Note that with the Braille Blazer, it's best to configure the settings in their defaults, so that the BrailleNote settings will take effect without conflict. Also, setting the top margin is tricky. Do NOT rely on automatic top-of-form setting. Instead, manually move the paper and experiment on how far you should move its top edge to yield your desired top margin (say, half an inch). Sooner or later, you'll get the hang of that. But note that it is important to figure this out to avoid embossing on the page breaks. HTH, Roselle >----- QUOTED MESSAGE ----- >Sent by: "Diane Fazackarley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Dear Dan >Thanks for the suggestion I shall have a go and see how I get on >I am so glad that I asked for help. Its great to know that there are so many >kind people out there! >Best wishes Diane
