Setup WIN95 CCRF Raster driver with Electrostatic 67436 Parallel Port:

WIN95 CCRF Raster driver with Electrostatic 67436 Parallel Port:
Technical Support Hot Line (800) 225-2667 Updated: 3 May, 1996
674W95RP.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. Connect to
plotter PAR _1, or PAR _2, port.
CalComp 67436 Plotter must be connected to a PC directly for this
configuration. Network systems may require different communication
parameter settings.
Serial communication is not recommended with CCRF FORMAT.
1. Setup 67436 Plotter:
- An ASCII Terminal or a Terminal emulation program must be used to
setup the plotter.
- Connect Terminal to the TERMINAL port on plotter, with a straight
through serial cable.
- Set Terminal serial communication to 9600 baud rate, 8 bits, 1 stop bit,
no parity, Hardware handshake.
- Turn plotter on. Plotter initialization will be displayed on the
Terminal screen.
- When initialization is complete, press CTRL P. Plotter will
request a USER PIN# press 0 and ENTER.
- At the A> prompt type CCRF and ENTER.
- Override = N. Dot Expansion = N. Input Mode = Buffered.
- The A> prompt will be displayed. To save the above parameters
type: SAVE X ALL and Enter, where X = user number where the parameters
will be saved to. Valid values are 1 through 256.
2. Setup Win95 driver:
- Start up Windows 95.
- Click on the START button, click on SETTINGS, click on Printers.
- Click on the appropriate Electrostatic 67436 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 Electrostatic 67436
plotter driver. If the setup program indicates that the driver already
exists, select Replace the Driver. When installation is done, click on
the CCP Electrostatic 67436 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.
