TMAP files are intended for 2-in-1 printing, creating an embossed and ink-print document on a ViewPlus (or Tiger) embosser. ViewPlus embossers may incorrectly print braille from PDFs. To mitigate possible braille errors, complete the steps outlined below. This creates an additional PDF with fonts unembedded, filename ending with “_VP”, ready to emboss. (Please note, this step is only for embossing to ViewPlus, and is not necessary for Swell or capsule paper.)
- Download the PDF Unembed Fonts tool from the ViewPlus Downloads page (for Windows only).
- Run PDF Unembed Fonts (see sections below: with a mouse or in command line)
- Open the PDF with _VP in Adobe Acrobat or Reader. Send to printer. In print settings:
Check the Tiger tab to optimize results. Printing “draft” quality is not recommended. On ViewPlus Columbia/Delta or APH PixBlaster, Graphics Quality: Best.
Check that the paper size matches your TMAP file paper size.
Check that the paper orientation matches your embosser output.
- Important! If printing tactile-only (NOT using 2-in-1 printing), send odd-numbered pages only (1, 3, etc.).
- Print.
Running PDF Unembed Fonts with a Mouse
- Create a shortcut to the Unembed program on your desktop.
- Drag the PDF on top of the Unembed shortcut icon or browse to the file from the Unembed Fonts tool. This will create a new file with _VP at the end in the original folder.
Running PDFUnembedfonts in Command Line
- To ensure the shortest file path, after extracting it is recommended to copy the entire PDFUnembedFonts folder to the root of your C drive (or an external drive). For economy of file path it is further recommended that the PDF also reside in this folder.
- From the start menu, Search programs and files, type cmd. Hit Enter.
- To point it to the specific directory type cd space c:\pdfunembedfonts
- Now to actually run the script on your PDF type pdfunembedfonts space .\filename.pdf. Hit Enter.
- If all went well c:\pdfunembedfonts should now contain a version of your PDF, the file name appended with _VP
