ACAD 12, 13 (DOS or WIN3.x,95,NT) 5.x driver - TechJET Designer Serial Port:
Technical Support Hot Line 1-800-CALCOMP (1-800-225-2667)  
The driver file [PLPCCDOS.EXE (DOS) or PLPCCWIN.EXE (WINDOWS)] 
may be downloaded from the CalComp web site (http://www.calcomp.com)  
Self extract the file by typing at the DOS prompt: PLPCCDOS or PLPCCWIN

Hardware Connection Requirements:

 	o	PC Host Computer with an operational serial port 
		(i.e. COM1, COM2).
  	o	A straight through 9 pin serial cable (50 ft. max), 
		no wires are crossed. May require a 9 pin to 25 pin 
		adapter.
  	o	CalComp 54xx 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.

1. Setup Designer (5424, 5436):

   	o	Power ON the plotter. Load Media. Press MENU button.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to PROTOCOL and set to PCI.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to INPUT RESOLUTION and 
		set to 360 DPI.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to ORIENTATION and set to 
		AUTO.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to PEN SETUP and set to 
		USE SOFTWARE.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to LINE INTERSECT and set to 
		OVERLAY.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to SYNC # EOM, CHKSUM 
		and set to A: 22, 2, 13, ON.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to PORT TYPE and set to 
		RS-232C.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to BAUD rate and set to 9600.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to # of bits-Parity and set to 
		7-Even.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to Handshake and set to Hardware.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to EOP TIMER and set to 2 MIN.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to INPUT BUFFER and set to 100K.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to STITCH FACTOR and set to 0.
   	o	Press DOWN arrow key to Save as user number and save 
		the settings on USER # (1 to 4).
   	o	Press ONLINE button twice. The plotter should display: 
		ONLINE  000:00.

 Note: 	Users of Windows 95/NT systems may disregard Step 2.  
		Windows 95/NT systems do not require the addition of the 
		MODE statement.  

2. Use EDIT or EDLIN to Add line to AUTOEXEC.BAT file to define COM Port
   (Add after PATH statement):
   MODE COM1:9600,E,7,1,P (if using serial port 1).
   MODE COM2:9600,E,7,1,P (if using serial port 2).

3. Install 5.6 Driver:

	a	On dos system, copy PLPCC56.EXP from driver disk 
		to ACAD13\DRV directory. 
   	
	b	On acad 12 / windows, copy PLPCCR12.DLL from 
		driver disk to ACAD12 Windows directory. 
   	
	c	On acad 13 / windows, copy PLPCCR13.DLL from 
		driver disk to ACAD13\WIN\DRV directory. 
     	
4.  Setup 5.6 Driver - Dos or Windows

     	o	Start up Acad.  
     	o	From command line, type CONFIG
     	o	At Configuration Menu, choose Configure Operating 
		Parameters
     	o	At Operating Parameters, choose 3 Default Plot File Name.  
		Enter Com1 or Com2.
	o	Exit to Configuration Menu
	o	At Configuration Menu, choose 5 Configure Plotter, then 
		choose 1 Add a Plotter Configuration.
	o	From available plotters, choose CalComp Inkjet plotters 
		ADI 4.2 v5.6 - by CalComp
	o	From Supported Models, choose your model 5424 or 5436
	o	Number of pens = 16
	o	Do you want to add a plot banner = Your choice - 
		 will add file name and date to plot.
	o	Enter Acad plotter timeout in seconds. 0 TO 32000 <60>
	o	Step size per inch = 360
	o	Will this data be transferred to an EBCDIC computer? 
	o	Add Pad characters to plot record = 
	o	Include CDCL commands? 
	o	Change Sync, EOB, or Checksum? 
	o	Send Index command after plot? 
	o	Port where the plotter is connected Serial, Parallel 
	o	Device Name 
	o	Do you wish to change anything? 
	o	Write plot to a file? .  Choose defaults for all other 
		selections.
	o	Enter description of plotter 
	o	Exit to Configuration menu.  Exit to Drawing Editor.  
		Keep Configuration Changes 

The clip limits for the 54xx plotter are 1.25 inch on the bottom, and 0.5
inch on the other three sides of the media.
When setting the paper size for ACAD, select a user size and set the size
to the paper size, minus the clip limits.
Example: 36 in. by 24 in. media will have a user size of 34.25 in. by 23 in.

Configuration is now complete except for NT users.

Note to NT users (ACAD 12/13 only):

   	Windows NT requres the use of AUTOSPOOL for plotting. To 
	configure ACAD 

  	To use AUTOSPOOL:

   	o 	Create a directory under the root called SPFILES
   	o	Create a batch file called PLOT.BAT (Use EDIT or 
		NOTEPAD).

     	The file should contain the following line(s):

   	@Echo Off
   	Mode comx:9600,e,7,1,p     
   	Copy %1 comx:                    
              
(Use EDIT or NOTEPAD).
                                 
     	o	Edit the ACAD.INI file in the ACAD directory or the 
		WIN subdirectory.  
	o	Look for this line in ACAD.INI: ACADPLCMD=
  	o	If there is no such line then create one.
  	o	Edit the line to read: 
		ACADPLCMD = c:\spfiles\plot.bat %s %c
  	o	Save the file and exit the editor.  Restart ACAD 
		if currently running.
 	o	From the AutoCAD Command Line type: CONFIG.
  	o	At the Configuration Menu choose 7-Configure 
		operating parameters.
  	o	At Operating parameters, choose 3- Default plot file name.
  	o	Enter AUTOSPOOL for the plotfile name.
  	o	Choose 4-PLOT SPOOLER DIRECTORY and change to 
		C:\SPFILES
  	o	Exit CONFIG and keep changes.
  	o	Be sure to PLOT TO FILE (Make sure the PLOT TO FILE 
		box at the bottom of the plot window is checked.