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From: David.Andrews@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (David Andrews)
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Subject: Re: Braille
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Date: 7 Jun 90 15:34:07 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 LI> Hi, Al!  Glad to find another dedicated braille user!  I have  
 LI> never seen 20 weight form-feed paper such as you were  
 LI> describing, but I know that at one time, at least, American  
 LI> Thermoform Company in California, offered a draft quality  
 LI> paper--$21.95 for one thousand sheets.  I have never seen it,  
 LI> but I gather it is the type of paper braille magazines are done  
 LI> on.  I don't know if it was punched.  Some places will punch  
 LI> paper on request; some not at all, and others do it for a fee.   
 

I have been using the draft paper from American Thermoform.  It is
somewhat thinner then magazine paper, and a little more grainy.  It
doesn't produce great braille because of its thickness, I would
guess about 40 or 50 pounds, but it is good braille for draft
work.  As I said, it isn't as smooth as regular braille paper, and
it is somewhat difficult to rip apart and remove the tractor
strips, but it does save you money.  I don't know whether or not
they will punch it.

David Andrews

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