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ViewPlus TigerBox 

User Manual

 

Revision: 20180609

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for TigerBox

Page 1: ...ViewPlus TigerBox User Manual Revision 20180609...

Page 2: ...rdware Reset to Wi Fi Direct Mode 11 III Printing to ViewPlus embosser TigerBox 12 A Settings for printing Braille documents 12 Formatter Settings 12 Embosser Settings 14 B Adding VP embosser tigerbox...

Page 3: ...to emboss tactile graphics but it is not capable of initiating any ink output accompanying the Braille at this time Wi Fi Direct mode Wi Fi Direct provides a direct wireless connection to your ViewPl...

Page 4: ...which one you occupy TigerBox will boot upon power connection The red LED light should turn on steady The green light should be blinking indicating proper Wi Fi function Multiple TigerBoxes in the sa...

Page 5: ...erBox from your mobile device depends on printing capabilities of the application from where you are sending data to be embossed Some basic tests at ViewPlus conclude to following statements about cer...

Page 6: ...i named TigerBox by factory default As long as TigerBox is configured to Wi Fi Direct mode you will need to connect your mobile device or PC to this Wi Fi in order to print to the embosser connected t...

Page 7: ...hown in following pictures will open TigerBox user interface Home page 5 This is the Home page of the TigerBox user interface application within your web browser The printer specific information depen...

Page 8: ...In this section a summary of current connection values is given At the bottom you find a Refresh button to refresh display of values after any change as well as a button to check for updates on Tiger...

Page 9: ...r data the connection through this other network will provide internet at the same time as wireless printing through TigerBox will be possible Follow the steps below to connect TigerBox in client mode...

Page 10: ...device connected to the same network a hardware reset will be required as described in section II D below Connecting to TigerBox in Wi Fi Network Client mode and accessing user interface After TigerBo...

Page 11: ...the list of Devices and see corresponding IP address paired with this name 4 Possibly you will be getting a warning message when accessing TigerBox user interface through IP address for the first tim...

Page 12: ...TigerBox is configured to Wi Fi Network Client mode but connection to the previous host network is not possible anymore Without the connection to the host network it will not be possible to access Ti...

Page 13: ...ocument sections above III Printing to ViewPlus embosser TigerBox A Settings for printing Braille documents Formatter Settings TigerBox user interface Formatter Settings TigerBox License First on the...

Page 14: ...selection under Embosser Settings Chars per Line Depending on paper size and left and right margin settings from Embosser Settings page the maximum possible number of Braille characters per line will...

Page 15: ...here should conform with physical size of paper loaded to the embosser Top Margin Left and Right Margin You can enter customized margin settings in inch dimension Extra Line Space The spacing defined...

Page 16: ...produced Braille Spacing depending on availability on connected embosser you will have a choice of different Braille dot spacings to select by internationally known names Apply Use this button to conf...

Page 17: ...e settings 2 Click on the result for Printing and Android CUPS Print should show in the list of available print services Make sure it is turned On If it shows to be turned Off select Android CUPS Prin...

Page 18: ...n the resulting list The purpose of Braille instance and Tiger instance of the same printer is explained within description of actual printing below Showing available VP embossers tigerbox under Andro...

Page 19: ...ction below However the two instances of the VP embosser tigerbox have to be added separately under system devices on a Windows PC To add the VP embosser Braille on a Windows PC follow these steps 1 G...

Page 20: ...to Windows PC 5 After selecting OK the installation will complete and a printer with name brf on http IPaddress 631 will have been added to your list of available printers under Windows system It wil...

Page 21: ...s up select The printer that I want isn t listed immediately no need to wait for the search 3 In the next dialog choose Add a printer using a TCP IP address or hostname and click Next Adding Tiger ins...

Page 22: ...r model that you have attached to TigerBox under Printers list Adding Tiger instance of TigerBox embosser to Windows PC 6 The installation will proceed in standard procedure Before it finishes you are...

Page 23: ...are going to select a printer that is connected through TigerBox you will always see two instances of the ViewPlus embosser model that is attached The printer name will specify Braille or Tiger When...

Page 24: ...ger Software Suite previously Printing through option from TigerBox user interface Home screen When wanting to print a Braille or tactile graphics document that was previously created or downloaded in...

Page 25: ...device 1 Choose the print option from submenu provided to share or export data Select print option from application on iOS device 2 Select printer which you want to use for this print Selecting a VP...

Page 26: ...review on iOS device 4 Hit the Print button at the top right corner to start embossing on VP embosser tigerbox Printing from App example Chrome on Android device 5 Choose the print option from submenu...

Page 27: ...select to trust the connection and trust the host Warning messages when attempting to print using TigerBox printer 7 A list of available printers will appear Choose the printer you would like to use f...

Page 28: ...review The top section on this preview will show which printer is currently selected along with a few settings that can be changed here like number of copies to print or page range Expand or collapse...

Page 29: ...e to check it out Also at the bottom of the System page within TigerBox user interface you will find a button called Check for updates Use this button to retrieve updates from ViewPlus online which mi...

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