Btec100 - Blista
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1. flat working surface with the long horizontal paper eject slot in the smooth front panel facing you The convex grooved surface points upwards Front panel The paper eject slot is located on the top of the smooth front panel Top panel You find the function key at the extreme right hand side of the convex top panel To operate the key press its back or front part In case of operation you can feel and hear a click In the rear part of the panel you find something like a preceding bar it nearly takes the complete width of the printer This is the upper part of the support for the paper tray Right and left hand you find parts of the housing frame of approx 2 cm thickness Right and left you can touch 2 movable paper levers caring for the correct paper pressure Rear panel You can find the following switches and connectors in the lower right of the rear panel from the described printer position From right to left Located at the extreme right end of the printer you find a toggle switch the power switch to turn the printer on an off If the switch is toggled to the right side the printer is off On the left side of the power switch you find the power socket provided with a notch pointing upwards followed by a 9 pin serial port connector Note taking Writing Printing in Braille If it s Braille ask BRAILLETEC 6 2 2 Paper tray The removable paper tray consists of 2 connected plexiglass plates and has a maxi mu2. format is automatically detected during insertion Apart from the solid construction and the inside modular hardware configuration which makes the printer easy to use Btec100 fascinates with his attractive modern design Available drivers are the German RTFC program under Windows 98 Windows XP or the Duxbury DBT program For more details please refer to the manual printing with Btec100 Have fun with Btec100 Section 1 Unpacking 1 1 Parts provided printer Btec100 paper tray protective cover power adapter serial data cable start up package with Braille paper in DIN A 4 printed manual for sighted users Manual in Braille If shipment arrives incomplete please contact your dealer immediately In case of direct purchase from Blista Brailletec please find our address at 1 5 service Note taking Writing Printing in Braille If it s Braille ask BRAILLETEC 4 Gently remove the printer from the shipping box Place the printer on a flat working platform the long horizontal slot in the smooth front panel pointing to you Remove the paper tray and the power adapter from the shipping box and place them besides the printer 1 2 Safety instructions In order to avoid misuse carefully read the instructions of the user s manual Only operate the Btec100 in dry environment Under any circumstances avoid the printer to get wet otherwise it can be damaged Only use the supplied power ada
3. may get stuck Gently remove the paper and try again When turning on the printer you hear the printer 3 times beeping Please check the following Do you have paper in the paper tray See section 3 7 inserting paper Did you flick the pressure lever over correctly Pull it towards yourself Did you fan out the paper before inserting it Push the pressure lever away from you Remove the paper from the printer fan it out and insert it again correctly Press the rear part of the function key one time see section 3 7 inserting paper Is the bottom edge of the paper pile aligned correctly in the tray Push the pressure lever away from your body help the paper to find its way down and pull the lever towards yourself again Note taking Writing Printing in Braille If it s Braille ask BRAILLETEC 12
4. Btec100 Mini Braille printer With automatic single sheet feed User manual For Windows 98 XP date February 2006 Note taking Writing Printing in Braille If it s Braille ask BRAILLETEC Blista Brailletec gemeinn tzige GmbH Technology for the Blind and Visually Impaired Note taking Writing Printing in Braille If it s Braille ask BRAILLETEC 2 Chapter Index Section 1 Unpacking _ h h h 1 Roy Parts provided Safety instructions Maintenance and care Transportation Service Section 2 Description of printer 2 1 2 2 Printer Paper tray Section 3 First time operation of printer Power supply Computer connection Installing the paper tray Removing the paper paper tray Selecting paper size at paper tray Paper sizes Inserting paper Turning on the printer Function key Section 4 Important notes 4 1 4 2 4 3 Technical data Warranty FAQ Frequent asked questions Page Braille Ink 64 64 75 85 85 85 106 10 6 11 7 if 13 7 13 7 147 5 8 1 8 179 19 10 19 10 2 10 a 14 a 11 23 11 2 12 Note taking Writing Printing in Braille If it s Braille ask BRAILLETEC 3 Introduction Btec100 is the smallest Braille printer with automatic single sheet feed for private and school use It has a tray for paper storage which can be easily installed You can easily change paper width from A4 to A3 vertically inserted The paper
5. m width of 31 5 cm In the middle of the paper tray you can feel the upper edge of the front plexiglass plate Braille paper is to be inserted behind this edge The paper tray has 2 guiding slots In section 3 5 you find the information how to adapt the guiding slots to the chosen paper size For more information about the different paper sizes please see section 3 6 paper sizes There is a pear shaped long hole located at the bottom edge of the paper tray at the extreme right and left hand ends The lower part is circular and has an approx 1 5 cm diameter This is to fix the paper tray at the printer Section 3 First time operation of printer To print from Windows you first have to install the program RTFC for German use or the Duxbury DBT program for more details see the manual printing with Btec100 3 1 Power supply Turn off the power supply of Btec100 press right hand switch Connect the supplied power adapter with the small plug to the Btec100 This is located in the rear panel at the bottom between the power switch and the serial port Attention There is to feel a raised part at one of the flat sides on the top of the plug This part has to point upwards in order to make sure that the plug may be connected properly Plug the power adapter into a wall socket The power adapter can operate on AC ranging from 100 Volt to 240 Volt and fre quencies between 47 bis 63 Hz For this reason it is also possible to use i
6. ntal landscape Attention After changing the paper format turn the printer off and on again The new for mat will be detected automatically Note taking Writing Printing in Braille If it s Braille ask BRAILLETEC 9 3 7 Inserting paper Take the left or right pressure level and push it in the rear part You can feel the up per edge of the front plexiglass in the middle of the suspended paper tray Behind this edge you can insert up to 20 pages of Braille paper We recommend to fan it out before inserting After inserting the paper pull the right or left pressure lever to your body Now the printer is ready to print the document you want to send from the PC via se rial port The paper will be fed automatically and comes out of the eject slot in the front panel Before printing you should leave some free space in front of the printer for the pilling of the printed sheets 3 8 Turning on the printer Attention When turning on the printer you should always make sure that you have paper in the tray Never use braille printed paper Once the printer is turned on for the first time it will feed the first sheet A sheet of paper already fed in will be ejected and a new sheet will be taken Make sure that the paper store in the paper tray is inserted correctly see also section 3 7 inserting paper The paper format will be detected automatically and the printer is ready for printing 3 9 Function key At the ex
7. other languages paper in both formats noise absorbing pad special formats with especially customised paper tray carrying bag Specifications comes with power adapter and serial connection cable power consumption approx 4W idle 20W operation size L W H 400 120 140 mm weight 4 5 kg 4 2 Warranty Warranty is based on legal regulations for guarantee Repair and maintenance as well as opening of printer housing is only to be done by Blista Brailletec gGmbH or other authorised companies Otherwise any other actions will void your warranty Note taking Writing Printing in Braille If it s Braille ask BRAILLETEC 11 4 3 FAQ Frequent asked questions problem solution problem solution problem solution problem solution problem solution The paper is not fed in Make sure that the paper is fanned out before inserting the printer is correctly feeding in paper but beeps 2 times afterwards the paper detector for paper feed indicates a malfunction Printing may be continued but automatic function detecting paper end is not performed Please contact your customer service DIN A4 paper is inserted horizontally but the printer is printing in the middle of the sheet Have you specified the new paper format for the printer Turn the printer off and on again The new format will be detected when you turn the printer on again paper jam Do not use printed paper It
8. ouch with your finger s from left to right over the rear upper part of the printer You will feel a longitudinal slot restricted by plexiglass which has 2 guiding bars one at each side Pull them out and use your finger in order to feel inside the slot 2 cavities at both ends Depending from the paper format the 2 guiding bars will be moved to the outer or inner cavities The overhanging stops have to point up wards and in the back Inserting at the paper tray The paper tray has to be on your table in opposite direction The pear shaped holes left and right are pointing to you and have to be in contact with the table 2 cm higher above you can feel a second plexiglass in a distance of approx 1 cm Close by the pear shaped holes in the plate you can feel either left and right hand 2 recesses Insert both guiding bars and make sure that the overhanging stop is pointing upwards Note taking Writing Printing in Braille If it s Braille ask BRAILLETEC 8 and to you They have to be connected in the same positions as the guiding bars of the printer both inside or both outside 3 6 Paper sizes In order to select the desired paper size symmetrically insert the 4 guiding bars in the corresponding slots See more details in section 3 5 selecting paper size at paper tray Slots inside are for paper size DIN A4 vertical portrait Slots outside are for paper size special format Without guiding bar DIN A3 and DIN A4 horizo
9. pter NEVER try to repair the printer on your own To open or remove the housing may lead to dangerous electric shocks and other dangers Repair and maintenance may only be carried out by Blista Brailletec gGmbH itself or by authorised companies If the printer is not used for an extended period of time unplug the power adapter There are no risks known resulting by the use of this product 1 3 Maintenance and care You can easily clean the printer housing with a slightly damped soft cloth Do never use an abrasive cleaner or soap 1 4 Transportation Keep the original shipping box for the case of repair shipment to be done Turn the printer off Remove power adapter cable and paper tray from the printer 1 5 Service If you notice any malfunction please contact your dealer immediately In case of ex works shipment contact Blista Brailletec directly In this case we appreciate a short description of the malfunction occurred Blista Brailletec g mbH Industriestrasse 11 D 35041 Marburg Tel x49 0 6421 802 0 Fax x49 0 6421 802 14 e mail brailletec brailletec de Note taking Writing Printing in Braille If it s Braille ask BRAILLETEC 5 Section 2 Description of printer e ly t guiding bars PR aa les multi function key see below paper tray mounting device lever for paper paper eject feed 2 1 Printer In case of first unpacking the printer has an rectangular shape Place the printer on a
10. t in any other foreign country as well 3 2 Computer connection Connect the printer to your PC with the supplied serial data cable Both plug ends are identical 9 pin female Take one end of the cable and connect it to a free 9 pin se rial port of your PC the other one to the serial port of the printer This is located at the rear panel besides the power socket Take care that the cable is connected properly The plug has to be fixed at the printer with the screws to find at both sides 3 3 Installing the paper tray There is a type of bar in the back area of the top panel of the printer It nearly takes the complete width of the printer This is the top part of the support for the paper tray Press this bar with both thumbs right and left away from you Please be careful as Note taking Writing Printing in Braille If it s Braille ask BRAILLETEC 7 the support drawn by a spring jumps towards the rear On its smooth surface there is a round support for the paper tray either right and left hand Now take the paper tray in your hand The narrow part with the flattened tip shall point upwards At the bottom edge of the paper tray you have a pear shaped long hole right and left hand The bottom part is circular and has a diameter of 1 5 cm The long holes have to lie on the surface of the paper tray Now take the paper tray and place the circular aperture of the long hole over the round supports of the mounting device Then press the
11. tray down obliquely towards the printer until you hear it locking in position 3 4 Removing the paper paper tray Before removing the tray remove the paper first Push the two pressure levers for paper feed from you away The tray will be lifted up a little bit so that you can remove the paper easily Already retracted paper may be removed by pressing the function key while the printer is on see also section 3 9 function key Take the paper tray at the right and left side and push it obliquely upwards from you away Remove it carefully from the mounting device To save as much space as possible in case of not using the printer it is possible to close the paper support of the tray Take your 2 thumbs and press down the mounting device in the lower middle Then pull it towards your body and press a little bit until you hear it locking in position 3 5 Selecting paper size at paper tray There are four 8 cm long guiding bars that are caring for the paper guiding at the printer and at the paper tray These four guiding bars are equal and have an over hanging stop at one side In order to choose the paper format the guiding bars might be fixed in 2 different positions or might be left out at all Each of the four guiding bars has to be connected to the corresponding position Make sure that you do this symmetrically so that all of them are inserted to the outside or to the inside of the printer Inserting the guiding bars Try to t
12. treme right end of the slightly convex top panel you can feel a key to be op erated in the front or in the rear part Using it you can hear and feel it clicking The key has the following functions Pressing the back part of the key Eject paper and feed in new sheet Feed in first available sheet after inserting a new pile of paper Pressing the front part of the key function without running print job Line feed Functions during printing process Interrupting printing process break press key until you hear 2 beep tones Resume printing press key briefly Stop printing process press key until you hear 2 tones first followed by 3 short tones Note taking Writing Printing in Braille If it s Braille ask BRAILLETEC 10 Section 4 Important notes 4 1 Technical data Specifications 6 and 8 dot Braille up to 44 characters line one page printing printing speed up to 13 characters second paper feed key paper ejection automatic paper format detection paper width from A4 to A3 vertical 297 mm paper thickness 140 g m2 190 g m2 automatic single sheet feed paper supply tray for approx 20 sheets serial port for PC connection compatible to German RTFC printer driver with German shorthand Braille Braille Grade Il or Duxbury DBT program internal modular hardware configuration extremely easy to handle Available accessories RTFC program for German Braille Duxbury DBT program for
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