Index V4 - front panel description

Index V4 - front panel description

Problem

You wish to know what the controls of the Index V4 embossers.


Applies to

  1. Index V4

Resolution

Panel description from left to right below:


Far left
  1. Online and Offline buttons.
  2. Feed and Help buttons.
    These are all marked in Braille. If you press the Help button, it will read out information about the embosser including the current paper size.

Middle:
  1. Menu button.
  2. Arrow keys: left/up/down and OK button

Far right
  1. CHS, 1 and 10 buttons. The 1 key will increment a value by one, and the 10 key will increment a value by 10. The CHS key swaps it around, so that the keys will decrement a value instead.


Operation examples


Change the characters per line

  1. Press the menu button first.
  2. Press down arrow until you get to Braille Settings, then press OK.
  3. Press down arrow until you get to Braille Layout, then press OK.
  4. First option in here is characters per line, so just press OK.
  5. Use the 1 and 10 buttons to change the amount. Press OK when you have set it as you need it.
  6. Once you've done, you can press OK. You can then go down to check the other settings such as lines per page.
  7. After you've changed everything, press the menu button again to save and exit the menu.


Change the paper size

  1. Press the menu button first.
  2. Press down arrow until you get to Braille Settings, then press OK.
  3. First option here is Paper size - press OK.
  4. Press OK again to get into Select Paper Size, and then OK again to Set the paper size.
  5. Use up and down arrows to change the size. Press OK when you have set it as you need it.
  6. Afterwards, press the menu button again to save and exit the menu.

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