Hi, Listers, I've been "messing" with various printers and none will print using our Braille Pluses.
When we study the word processor section of the Braille Sense manual, we find very detailed instructions about how to embossor print. These instructions are well written and easy to follow. At the end of the printing section we read that the printer we use must be an HP or compatible printer and must support PCL 3 or higher. Well, PCL stands for printer control language. If you look up PCL, you'll discovered that there quite a few different "languages. I have a reasonably new laser printer, an HP 1020 P. I have no idea what PCL it uses, but I was unable to print from the Braille Sense. Undaunted, I hunted around and found a couple of parallel printers. I used the USB to parallel adapter, set the options for a parallel port printer. Unless there's another place in the manual about the adapter and printing with a parallel printer. I wrote to GW Micro support and was told that even parallel printers must deal with PCL 3. I have been involved with computers for close to 30 years and have not encountered the PCL problem, either with DOS or with Windows. Of course, Windows expect the correct drivers for the printer in use. I wonder if these drivers are where this PCL 3 resides. Our units do not ask for drivers. I'm sort of guessing here, but it seems that we have just one driver, so if our printers cannot work with it, we will not be able to print. It isn't worth buying a printer which will work with our units unless you do not have a computer and don't want one. If you have a computer, get the file you wish to print and move it to your computer and you'll print and save lots of time. I've spent lots of time so hope I saved you from having to do the same thing. If I'm right about all this actually being a driver issue, it would be better to just say something about that in the manual. I hope this was of interest and help. Joe G.
