Setup WIN95 CCRF Raster driver with Solus 4 544xx Parallel Port:

WIN95 CCRF Raster driver with Solus 4 544xx Parallel Port:
Technical Support Hot Line (800) 225-2667 Updated: 3 May, 1996
544W95RP.DOC
The Windows CCRF/PS driver file (WIN95DRV.EXE), may be downloaded
from the CalComp Website (http://www.calcomp.com). Self-extract the file by typing at the DOS prompt: WIN95DRV
Hardware Connection Requirements:
PC Host Computer with an operational parallel port (i.e. LPT1, LPT2).
Parallel cable, Centronics connector, double shielded cable.
CalComp 544xx Plotter must be connected to a PC directly for this
configuration. Network systems, serial buffer boxes, and/or plot
spool programs may require different communication parameter
settings.
Serial communication is not recommended with CCRF FORMAT.
1. Setup 54424, 54436 Plotter:
- Turn plotter on, when Online appears on the LCD plotter is ready.
- Press the Scroll key until More Options is displayed. Press the
Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until Port Setup is displayed. Press the Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until PAR_1, or desired COM is displayed.
Press Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until Input Mode is displayed. Press the Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until Buffered Mode is displayed. Press the
Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until Dead Job Time is displayed. Press the
Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until 60 sec is displayed. Press the Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until Dead Job Action is displayed. Press the
Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until Force is displayed. Press the Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until Interface Type is displayed. Press the
Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until Centronics is displayed. Press the Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until Exit Select Port is displayed. Press
the Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until Exit Port Setup is displayed. Press the
Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until Save to User # is displayed. Press the
Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until 1 is displayed, or the user # you wish
to use (1-10). Press the Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until Exit to Main Menu is displayed. Press
the Select key.
- Press the Scroll key until Online is displayed. Press the Select key.
2. Setup Win95 driver:
- Start up Windows 95.
- Click on the START button, click on SETTINGS, click on Printers.
- Click on the appropriate Solus 4 544xx driver. (If the
Windows 95 CCRF/PS raster driver is not installed, install it now by
selecting "Add Printer", then "Have Disk". Enter the path that points to
the disk directory where the Windows driver is located. Then
follow the menu choices, selecting the appropriate Solus 4 544xx
plotter driver. If the setup program indicates that the driver already
exists, select Replace the Driver. When installation is done, click on
the CCP Solus 4 544xx driver, then
- Click on Set as Default from the File Menu Bar in the Printers window.
- Click on Properties from the File Menu Bar in the Printers window.
- Click on the Details tab.
- Select the LPT port that the plotter is connected to. (Default = LPT1).
- Click on the Paper tab.
- Choose paper size loaded in plotter.
- Click on the Device Options tab and select the appropriate output format:
CCRF or PS. If the plotter does not have the PostScript option, then
only CCRF may be selected.
- Choose OK in the Properties window.
- Close Printers.
- Start the Windows Application and print to the CalComp plotter.
