Setup Winnt 4.0 Raster Driver on Parallel Port  

Hardware Connection Requirements:
  	 	PC Host Computer with a working parallel port (i.e. lpt1).
  		 	- 486 or better
 		 	- 16 MEG of memory or more
  			- 20 MEG of free disk space, more for large raster plots.  
  	 	Parallel cable, Centronics connector.
  	 	CalComp 54xx plotter must be connected to a PC directly 
  		for this configuration.  Network systems may require different 
		communication parameter settings.

1. Setup TechJET (5424, 5436):
   	 	Power ON the plotter.  Load media.  
     	 	Make sure the dust cover is closed and the media lever
     		is pushed all the way back.  
	 	Press MENU button twice.
   	 	Press DOWN arrow key to PROTOCOL and set to AUTO.
   	 	Press DOWN arrow key to INPUT RESOLUTION and set 
		to 360 DPI.
   	 	Press DOWN arrow key to PORT TYPE and set to 
		CENTRONICS.
   	 	Press DOWN arrow key to EOP TIMER and set to Disabled.
   	 	Press DOWN arrow key to Save as user number and save 
		the settings on USER # (1 to 4).
   	 	Press ONLINE button twice.
   	 	The plotter should say "ONLINE    000:00".

2.	Install Plotter Driver

	The following assumes you have the CalComp Raster Driver on three 
	floppy disks.  If you have a self extracting archive, execute the archive 
	and unpack the driver onto floppy disks.   If replacing a driver, remove 
	existing printers using it and reboot.  You must have administrative 
	privileges to install a printer.  

		 	Select Start / Settings / Printers.  
		 	Select Add Printer,  specify a port and Have Disk.  
		 	Insert the first of the disks in drive a:, specify location a:, 
			and press Enter.
		 	Insert the next disks when requested.  

Installation notes.  

	The inf file is used for installation.  This driver installs following files:
	.ppd, gsui.dll, gs.dll, gspd.dll, gsdll32.dll, fontmap, *.pfb.  
	A binary ppd file, bpd, is created in the process.

	During local installation, files are installed to 
	%SystemRoot%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86 and %SystemRoot%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\2 
	PPDs are copied to the system32\ spool\ drivers\ w32x86 folder.
	registry entries are made to 
	~\Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers\Version-2, 
	~\Forms, and ~\Printers
	
	During a network installation,  where %SystemRoot% is the Winnt4.0 
	system folder: files are installed to
	%SystemRoot%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\2  *  
	PPDs are copied to the system32\ spool\ drivers\ w32x86 folder
	All registry entries are made relative to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\.  

	registry entries are made to 
	~\Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers\Version-2, 
	~\Forms, and ~\Providers\LanMan Print Services\Servers.  The system 
	must be rebooted after installation as the driver may already be loaded 
	into memory.  


3.	Setup Plotter Driver

	 	Use Printers Document Properties and Printer Properties to 
		set default parameters. 
 
			Select Roll or Manual Feed
			'Automatically Select' automatically selects roll.  
	
	 	Use Printers to set OutputFormat and OutputMode; Do not 
		attempt to set these parameters via your application, setting 
		them from an application is too late for them to take effect.  

		OutputMode allows selection of Raster or PostScript.  

			Raster rasterizes PostScript on the computer and sends the 
			resulting raster data to the plotter.  

			PostScript sends PostScript to the plotter for rasterization.  
			The PostScript options apply in either case. Do not attempt 
			to output PostScript to models which do not support it. 

	 	Use the Printers / File / Server Properties menu option to create 
		Custom form sizes not listed in the driver media list. 

	 	Use OutputScaling to circumvent application limitations.  
		OutputScaling ranges from 1 to 16 in factors of sqrt(2).  

	 	Select ‘No Assignment' in Printer / Properties / Device Settings / 
		Form To Tray Assignment 
			
	 	Use Printer / Document Defaults / Paper Source to select 
		input sources.  

	 	Scaling factor reduces page and image size, but only increases 
		image size.  Few applications handle this.  
		Use OutputScaling instead.  

	 	Not all clipping issues have been addressed when using cut sheet.  
		The definition of portrait on a transverse (landscape fed) page can 
		lead to clipping.  

Notes on Driver Setup

	Application control of features, such as orientation or scaling, may override 
	the document/printer properties and these properties may not work correctly 
	with these applications.  

	Graphics applications, especially PostScript applications, usually provide 
	their own control of features.  
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	The job status can be monitored with the Printer Icon.  To cancel a plotting job, 
	use the Printer Icon, Document, Cancel menu option.  

Troubleshooting

Answering the following questions may assist you if you are having trouble printing.  
1.	Do you have administrative privileges to install a printer?
2.	Does a local administrator installation succeed?
3.	Did you reboot after installation?  
4.	Does a local user installation succeed?
5.	Can a user print?
6.	Does the driver print a test page? (Printer / Properties / Print Test Page)
7.	Does the driver print to a raster file? (Printer / Properties / Port / File)
8.	Does copying a raster file to the port print? 
9.	Does the driver print to a postscript file? (Printer / Document Defaults / Printer Features / OutputFormat)
10.	Does copying a PostScript file to the port print? (Only if your device supports PostScript)
11.	Does a network installation succeed?
12.	Does a network installation print?