Hello

Let me try to clarify the differences.  I sell both the Index and Tiger and
there are substantial differences to consider.  First of all, the Tiger is
about 10 thousand dollars and an Index is abour 4 thousands.


Second, the Tiger embosses 20 per inch whereas other embossers emboss 12
dots per inch.  This means the Tiger can do a much better job with curved
lines, shaded areas and pictorial graphics such as icons.  The higher the
resolution the better the representation.



Third, most vendors, like Index and Enabling, bundle or sell separately, a
"graphics" utility to generate graphics.  But, these programs, in my
opinion, do a poor job and require a lot of time and effort to use and to
produce a realistic pictorial.  On the other hand, the Tiger has a "real"
graphics driver for Windows so you can go into Word, for example, and draw
a graphic with Word's own facilities and emboss it.  Here is a concrete
example of the Tiger can do and no other device on the market can do:  I
can launche Word, write a bunch of paragraphs, place a box around each
paragraph -- some with a single line, others with a double line, and still
others with broken lines --, can format the text as usual, and finally
"print" it.  The document is sent to the Tiger, embossed, and all the
boxes, all the text, and all the format are represented.  Of course, for 10
grand, you would expect this kind of performance.

I hope this helps.  Peter


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