2. Ma hine des ription
Place your Eurotype in front of you in operating position and explore its different
components. Pull the space bar (8) towards you first (the middle wide key ) other-
wise the keyboard will remain locked. The various operating elements will be de-
scribed in the following from the front to the rear.
Carrying handle
The carrying handle ( ) is rigidly mounted on the housing in front of the key-
board. The Elotype can be transported in a convenient manner.
Keyboard
The Eurotype has 11 keys. The middle one (8), is used for writing blanks (re-
cessed for transportation). On the left and right side of this key are located three
keys for writing 6-dot braille (5), (6), (7) and (10), (11), (12). The line movement
key (4) is located at the left of the key for braille dot 3, followed by the margin re -
lease key (3), which allows both to temporarily write outside the area between
the margin stops or unlock the line movement key at the end of the sheet. The
back spacer key (13) is found at the right of the key for braille dot 6 followed by
the key (14) to turn the warning bell on / off.
Margin stops
The margin stops (2), (16) are located in a slot behind the keyboard. While de-
pressed, they can easily be moved and adjusted to any desired position.
Orientaton s ale
It is located directly behind the margin stops. Each dot indicates one position in
the line. Each fifth position is marked with two dots above one another and each
tenth position is shown by three dots above one another. The letters above indic-
ates the value of the tenner positions (a stands for position 10, b for position 20,
etc.).
Embossing head
The embossing head (21) is located behind the orientation scale. The narrow end
of the embossing head is located over the paper and indicates the position in
which will be embossed the next character. There are two markings at the left
and the right side of this tip used as an orientation aid to show the position of em-
bossed dots 2 and 5. The wide end points to the orientation scale. The raised
part in the middle shows the exact position. The embossing head release push-
button (20) is located on the right in the embossing head.
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