NEWLONG SEIMITSU KOGYO CO.,LTD.

　

Conventional braille is created by pressing the tip of a pen from the back side of white paper to create unevenness on the paper.By pressing it from the back side, it creates a protrusion on the front side.This is called the "embossing method".

When translating text into braille by hand, it was necessary to type the braille upside down. In other words, reading Braille and writing Braille are different. For this reason, it used to be very difficult for non-professionals to write Braille unless they were well versed.

Recently, with the spread of personal computers, it has become possible to create Braille text as easily as printing ordinary word processor text using Braille editing software and a Braille printer.

But what if you have to make a lot of the same thing, for example an invitation letter or a pamphlet? If it's normal text, you can just copy it, but if it's Braille, you have to print it out from a Braille printer as many times as you need. Braille printers are not as fast as regular laser printers, and they take a very long time to "print" line by line by striking the paper with one or more pins.

In addition, since the unevenness is applied to the paper, the readability can easily be lost due to crushing, etc.

Developed by Sanichi Kogeisha Co., Ltd. (Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture; Kenichi Yoshikawa, Representative Director), "Touch Print" is a technique that uses a screen printing method to print Braille characters with special UV curable ink.

Braille is hardened ink, so it will not be crushed or scraped.
Since the ink is transparent, Braille can be printed over printed materials for the sighted without destroying the design of the printed material.
The finished text can be distributed to both sighted and visually impaired people.Furthermore, for sighted people, seeing and touching Braille text has the effect of raising barrier-free awareness. We can also provide different designs.
In addition, as an advantage of the screen printing method, it is possible to print on any material such as paper, plastic, metal, and glass. Once a version is made, it is possible to create a large number of sentences with the same content in a short time.

Newlong Seimitsu Kogyo manufactures a printing system using this touch print.
The system consists of three types: a braille punch for plate making, a braille printer that actually prints, and a UV drying oven that cures the ink.

Connect to a PC with an RS-232-C (serial) cable and use it as a braille printer from the PC.
The basic operation is printing by NABCC code, but as an extended function, it emulates ESA721 of J.T.R. Co., Ltd. (Kita-ku, Tokyo, representative: Haramasa Okamura), which is the most common braille printer.
Braille editing software that can be used with ESA721 can be used for braille plate making regardless of DOS version, Windows version, DOS/V machine, or PC98x1 machine.
In particular, EDEL, which supports the graphics mode of the ESA721, can punch not only Braille but also Braille drawings (also called tactile drawings), so you can easily create plates such as "Braille picture books".

Braille is printed with UV curable ink using a perforated plate.
Anyone can easily print by simply placing the material to be printed on the printing table and pushing the table.

Braille printer:

This is an image of how the ink is transferred, and the structure of the printing press is omitted.

UV rays are applied to the printed material to cure the ink.
Just like a braille printer, you just set the printed material on the table and press the start button.
When drying for the set time is completed, the table is automatically ejected.