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From: pjr@murdu.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Peter Rayner)
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Subject: Re: new Braille printer introduced (Howe-tech)
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Date: 7 Jul 90 04:54:04 GMT
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Yes I've seen it and the braille, I was mainly interested in its graphics
though.  
No the braille isn't as sharp as embossed or the old (is it old?) solid dot
stuff.  The graphics isn't bad although the relief isn't nearly as good as
stereocopier output.
The price trade-off is interesting, at least for highish quality graphics.

The price I was quoted was about $US5000 to buy.  The cost/page was then
quoted as 3C.  This compares with a stereocopier price (if you can get them
in the U.S. which I couldn't when I was there) of about $us3000 but a cost
of order $us1-1.5 per page.  
Potentially an interesting printer/graphics engine.  A big advantage over
other printeres is that it doesn't sound like armaggedon!
Peter Rayner