Handling the Paper
To prepare the paper in the Blazer for Brailling a document, you
need to load the paper into the Blazer and align it to the top of
the first page so that your text Brailles in the right place. Here's
how it works.
Loading the Paper
You load paper into the Blazer from the front of the machine.
Although this process wastes the first sheet of paper before
Brailling actually begins, it keeps the paper from jamming.
As we said earlier in this chapter, the Blazer accepts standard-
size 8.5 by 11 inch fanfold Braille paper. Use heavyweight
Braille paper, 100- pound tag, to produce sharper, durable
Braille and use lighter weight paper for documents you don't
need to keep for a long time. In addition, you can use paper
narrower than 8.5 inches.
But we'll first look at how to load standard-size paper.
You can load paper into the Blazer whether the machine is on
or off. Since this is our first time out, we'll start with the Blazer
turned off.
First, lift the cover of the Blazer and find the tractor mechanism
behind the platen. On either side of the tractor mechanism are
the paper guides that hold the paper in place. Right now they
are closed and locked at either end of the tractor mechanism so
they can accept standard-size paper.
Now lift up the hinged covers of the paper guides. Notice that
each paper guide has four pins. These pins are used to align
the sprocket holes on the paper to the paper guides.
Starting from the front of the Blazer, slide the paper under the
platen, over and past the pins of the paper guides, until the top
edge of the paper is lying on the metal plate in back of the
tractor mechanism.
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