Thomas

Faster, single-sided Braille and a noise-muffling desktop case 40 character (standard Braille) line 40 characters per second Originally named in honor of William A. Thomas, board chairman of Enabling Technologies, "Tommy" has made a name for itself for outstanding Braille quality, durability and value. Perfect for a home office, school, or agency, Thomas includes popular features as standard equipment--Dynamic Braille Scaling and graphics in two intensities, normal and high resolution. Dynamic Braille Scaling allows you to change from Library of Congress Braille to California sign Braille, Jumbo Braille, standard Braille with increased line spacing or the smaller Braille often preferred by our Japanese customers with just one command. Mix the sizes within a single document. Braille graphics are much in demand today for maps, mathematics, or just for fun. With Thomas' two graphics modes, you can make Braille graphics at normal intensity for large shapes or at high resolution for better detail. Thomas comes ready to work with your IBM-compatible PC's parallel port, and has a 9-pin serial port as well. Sixteen menus allow you to customize your embosser once for every task you need and call all the settings into action with a few keystrokes. Adjust your Thomas to make multiple strikes per character for extra-emphasized dots or to allow for heavier materials. Adjust for 6 or 8-dot Braille, use a variety of paper sizes, and reprint up to 99 copies of one document automatically with Multi-Copy. Available options for Thomas include ET Speaks, our fast and flexible speech system, and our Single Sheet Tractor Option. Thomas with ET Speaks Option comes up talking automatically without even slowing you down. Even while echoing the commands you enter on the embosser's keypad, ET Speaks can still keep working as the voice of your Double-Talk LT-compatible screen reader and play WAV and other audio files in DOS and Windows. Single Sheet Tractor Option lets you hand-feed non-tractor paper, like letterhead or other special media, one sheet at a time. Price: Thomas $3,295. Thomas with Single Sheet Tractor Option $3,495. Thomas with ET Speaks Option $3,395. Thomas with ET Speaks and Single Sheet Tractor Options $3,595. Shipping and Handling: $110 in the most of the US; Alaska, Hawaii, and overseas destinations will involve additional shipping.
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Thomas Technical Specifications

Printing Printing Speed: 40 characters per second. Line Width: 40 characters with Library of Congress spacing. Paper Width: Adjustable. 1.5 to 15 inches (3.8 to 38.1 cm). Page Length: Selectable. 3 to 14 inches (7.6 to 35.6 cm). Paper: Continuous tractor feed paper. Paper Weight: Variable. Standard computer paper through heavy index-type card stock. Physical Description Width: 24.63 inches (62.6 cm). Depth: 11.5 inches (29.2 cm). Height: 8.63 inches (21.9 cm). Weight: 51 pounds (23.2 kg). Case Style: Desktop. Sound Level: 68 DBA, although sound level may vary with ambient conditions. Environmental Temperature: Operating: 35 F to 110 F (2 C to 43 C). Storage: Minus 55 F to 175 F (-48 C to 80 C). Humidity: Operating or Storage: 10% to 95% non-condensing. Shock: 3 foot drop (approximately 5G). Electrical Line Voltage: User Switchable. 105-125 VAC or 210-250 VAC. Amperage: 2.0 Amperes (105-125 VAC) or 1.0 Amperes (210-250 VAC). Wattage: 120 watts average (6.0 watts in low power mode). Interface: (Port 1) Centronics Compatible Parallel. (Port 2) Asynchronous Serial, EIA RS-232D, DTE. (Port 3--Optional) ET Speaks, Serial. After three minutes of inactivity, Thomas automatically enters a special low power consumption mode to save energy. As an ENERGY STAR® partner, Enabling Technologies has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR® guidelines for energy efficiency