Table of Contents Safety Information ..................................4 Getting Started ..................................4 Unpacking of the Embosser ..............................4 In the box ..................................4 Physical Description ................................5 Top Face .................................... 6 Under the Lid ................................. 6 Control Panel ................................. 6 Left Edge ................................... 8 Right Edge ..................................
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External Braille Translator ..............................13 Index-direct-Braille IdB Translator ............................14 Emboss with IdB in Windows ............................15 Emboss with IdB in Mac ..............................15 Emboss with IdB in Linux ..............................15 Paper Handling ..................................16 Supported Paper Sizes ................................. 16 Paper Loading ..................................
Safety Information Place the printer on a secure, stable surface. Do not block the ventilation inlets and outlets so proper airflow can be maintained. Connect the embosser to a grounded power outlet only. Warning: This is a class A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
Physical Description Once unpacked, you will notice that your embosser is of a roughly rectangular shape with the front side curved. This curved edge should be facing you. 1. Control panel 8. Tractor release lever 16. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth antenna 2.
Top Face The top face can be divided into 2 sections: the front section and the back section. On the front section you will feel a metallic lid with 8 horizontal grooves. This lid covers the embosser's paper feeding mechanism and can be opened by pulling the front upwards and raising it towards the back of the embosser.
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Backlight Right of the control panel buttons is a rectangular area with LED backlight that provides visual information about your embosser's status. The backlight’s top row consists of the Bluetooth icon, a Wi-Fi icon, and a wired network icon. Each of these light up when a connection of this type is established.
The speech feedback uses English mode by default and may be changed into other languages from the control panel. ETC embossers use Acapela synthetic speech that support the following languages: English (India, UK, US) Arabic (UAE), Chinese (China), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German, Greek, Italian (Italy), Japanese (Japan), Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Caribbean, Colombia, Mexico, Spain), Swedish and Turkish.
Wi-Fi, Ethernet or Bluetooth connection. Installing Drivers The Romeo 60 & Juliet 120 embossers software and printer driver may be installed from the USB memory stick included with the embosser or by downloading them from www.humanware.com/support. The Romeo 60 & Juliet 120 require a printer driver to function properly.
Mac OS X Install IndexBraille-ETC printer driver for Mac OS X 10.8 • Double-click on the printer driver file • Follow the installation prompts for your version of Mac OS X • Go to System Preferences and select Printers & Scanners •...
Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) Install Linux printer driver 1.1.0 • Download the Linux printer driver • Install the printer driver following the standard installation process in your Linux version. • Connect the supplied USB cord to the USB port • Follow the general installation process for your Linux distribution. Network Connections Connect to Wired Network Connect the embosser to your network.
• Open the Bluetooth menu from the device to pair with the embosser, then scan for available devices • Your device should discover the Juliet 120 or Romeo 60. Click connect. • The embosser should say “Press ok if the number is the same on the other device” followed by a number.
Update via Internet connection When the ETC Romeo 60 & Juliet 120 embossers are connected to an active network port or Wi-Fi connection with Internet access, it will automatically check for an update. When the UPDATE text is lighted, a new update is available.
formatting and page numbering are done automatically by IdB as this function is embedded inside your ETC embosser. There is no need to adapt the file for braille printout. When using IdB, the translation language and Braille Grade (1 or 2), formatting, page number and other layout settings are established following the settings in the active layout of your ETC embosser.
Emboss with IdB in Windows • Save and close the file in Word as .docx or as 97-2003 (.doc) format • Right-click on the file from the list then select Index-direct-Braille • Select your embosser model and click OK • The file will now be transmitted to the selected ETC embosser •...
Supported Paper Sizes ETC embossers are specialized to emboss the best braille quality using tractor fed paper. ETC Juliet 120 and Romeo 60 handle theoretically unlimited length of paper. For practical reasons menu is limited to 24" length. Maximum paper width is physically limited to 12.5".
Buttons and Menu Embosser Button Overview • ON button o Blinking ON, indicate ongoing start up process o Solid Light ON, the embosser is on • MENU - Open menu function o Solid Light MENU - Menu is open, use the arrow keys to move within the menu tree and wizards •...
Button Functions TYPE BUTTON FUNCTION Power on Online mode Cancel MENU function without saving After Offline (OFF button), continues printing Stops embossing Power off, hold for 5 seconds GENERAL BUTTONS Feeds to a new page FEED Ejects a page Echoes help information After OFF, Echo remaining number of copies and pages HELP Start remote support, hold HELP 15 seconds...
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Stops embossing OFF then FEED Places paper in emboss position FEED then FEED Reverses the paper out of the embosser FEED then OFF HELP then HELP Prints help information in letter graphics and braille Toggle temporarily between English and other local speech HELP then CHS feedback languages Echoes active Braille page layout...
Menu Tree MAIN MENU SUBMENU FUNCTION INFO Print complete document Number of copies Print previous document Print part of document From page to page Select a file and print The file name describes Print demo files each document Quick start guide Using active layout Print braille settings...
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Standard wizard Configure paper size, print type, 6 or 8 dot braille cells, text to braille translation table, legacy braille translation table, lines per page, top margin, braille page number, characters per line, binding margin Advanced wizard Configure region, paper Edit active size, first line offset, layout 1-9...
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Restore factory default layouts Select the active layout Layouts 1-9 may be Select active defined layouts...
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Press OK to safely remove USB Memory Set Wi-Fi power Sets Wi-Fi on or off Current Wi-Fi network Echoes the currently connected Wi-Fi network, and gives the option to disconnect or forget List known Wi-Fi networks Lists detected Wi-Fi networks and gives the option to disconnect or Manage Wi-Fi forget...
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Firmware update from Internet Firmware update Firmware update from USB memory stick Adjust printing speed from Printing speed the list When on, will ask you to Wait before remove a document and printing next press ok before printing document another document Hood with knife Floor standing hood Paper out offset...
Layouts ETC embossers are equipped with 1-9 user defined adjustable layouts. Active layout The active layout is the current one in use. All changes to the layout settings will be made in the active layout. The layout includes paper size, braille page setup; pagination parameters and IdB text-to-braille language and grade (literary or contracted).
Embosser Wizards Wizards are assistants used to guide the user through setup, calibration, adjustment, etc. All wizards follow the same user interface structure. • Start a wizard by selecting it from the menu tree, then press OK. • Follow the wizard by pressing the right arrow key. •...
Wizard completed Press OK to save Advanced Wizard Advanced Wizard Paper size Select from list User defined paper size may be defined Changed paper sizes sets all margins to zero Print type Select from list Double/single, Changed print type sets all Z-folded double/single, margins to zero Z-folded sideways single/double sided...
Wizard completed press OK to save Warranty HumanWare warrants all parts and workmanship of the Romeo 60/Juliet 120 Braille Embossers to be free of defects for a period of two years from date of invoice. This warranty is extended only to the original purchaser.
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with the e.i.r.p. limit; and the maximum antenna gain permitted for devices in the band 5725-5825 MHz shall comply with the e.i.r.p. limits...
Conformité aux normes d’IC Cet appareil est conforme à la(aux) norme(s) RSS sans licence d’Industrie Canada. Son utilisation est soumise aux deux conditions suivantes : Cet appareil ne doit pas causer d’interférences et il doit accepter toutes interférences reçues, y compris celles susceptibles d’avoir des effets indésirables sur son fonctionnement.
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