Almispah Center for Assistive Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enabling Technologies

 

Thomas Pro

Thomas, lid closed

 

Thomas Pro has all of Thomas' best features--top quality single sided Braille and high-resolution graphics.  The Thomas Pro has a 40-character-wide embossing line and an embossing speed of 40-characters-per-second enclosed in a noise muffling desktop case.   However, Thomas Pro also comes with our Single Sheet Tractors and ET Speaks, our innovative speech system as standard equipment.  Thomas Pro's features include:

  • Regular (12.5 dots per inch) and high-resolution (17 DPI) graphics
  • Dynamic Braille Scaling for different Braille sizes (even within a document)
  • ET Speaks for automatic speech feedback as you use your Thomas Pro
  • Single Sheet Tractors let you emboss up to 22 lines on 11 inch non tractor paper (such as letterhead or other special media) by hand-feeding one sheet at a time through the embosser
  • 6 or 8-dot Braille
  • Multi-Copy up to 99 copies of a document

Price: Thomas Pro $3,795. 

Shipping and Handling: $110 in the most of the US; Alaska, Hawaii, and overseas destinations will involve additional shipping.


Thomas Pro 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.

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. Sound level may vary with ambient conditions.

Environmental

Temperature: Operating or Storage: 35 F to 100 F (2 C to 37.8 C).
Humidity: Operating or Storage: 10% to 95% noncondensing.
Shock: 3 foot drop (approximately 5G).

Electrical

Line Voltage: 105-125 VAC or 210-250 VAC.

Fuse Ratings: (110V) 1.6A fast acting. (220V) 8A fast acting.

Wattage: 120 watts average (6.0 watts in low power mode).

Interface: (Port 1) Centronics Compatible Parallel. (Port 2) USB, (Port 3) Ethernet Network.