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A guide to buying a textphone, 2001 (view report contents)

Printing

Some textphones can print a copy of your conversation. Some do so on a narrow strip of paper, rather like the receipt you get in a supermarket - see picture, left. The Minicom 8000 Series use wider paper. With some models you can increase the size of type - up to 14pt. They all use thermal paper - about £1-£1.50 for narrow rolls and around £4 for wide.

Some print one side of the conversation in capital letters and the other in lower case.

Five textphones had built in printers - click on the links to see details of the number of print sizes and the numbers of characters per line they could print.

Dialogue IIIP
Minicom 6000+
Minicom Pro 8000
Minicom Pro 8000 LVD
Minicom Pro 8000 Gold

Printers with wide and narrow rolls.

Printer with wide roll

Printer with narrow roll

Some textphones can be connected to a computer printer. You will need a cable (around £8; but the Minicom 6000 needs a special cable -£21) and an adapter if you don’t want to unplug the printer from the computer each time you use it. A dedicated printer can be supplied for the Textlink. Or software and a connecting cable (around £60) allows you to use the computers keyboard and screen as well as print on its printer. You can then display text in any size the computer allows, and use other hardware and software your computer may have.

 

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Report contents

What are textphones?
How to use
Some main features explained
The display
Printing
Accessories
Deafblind people
Buying Guide
Mobiles
Alternatives
Typetalk
How to get a textphone
Professional advice
Helpful organisations
Suppliers
Acknowledgements