Setup ACAD 12,13,14 (DOS or WIN3.x,95,NT) 6.x driver TechJET Designer Parallel

ACAD 12,13,14 (DOS or WIN3.x,95,NT) 6.x driver TechJET Designer Parallel Port:
Technical Support Hot Line 1-800-CALCOMP (1-800-225-2667)

The driver file (PLPCCGUI.EXE) may be downloaded from the CalComp Web Site
(http://www.calcomp.com). Self-extract the file by typing at the DOS
prompt: PLPCCGUI

**NOTE** You may use this driver only if your plotter's firmware is revision
2.64 or above. If the firmware is lower than 2.64, use either PLPCCDOS.EXE
or PLPCCWIN.EXE, which are described later in this note.

If you are not certain what firmware level is installed on your plotter, then
. Take Plotter Offline. (Online light off
. On the Plotter's Control Panel, press Menu
. Press the Down arrow
. Press the "-" button
. Read the firmware level from the display

Hardware Connection Requirements:
PC Host Computer with a working parallel port (i.e. lpt1).
Parallel cable, Centronics connector.
CalComp 54xx Plotter must be connected to a PC directly for this
configuration.
Firmware must be 2.64 or above. Prior firmware versions do not
support pen options or mode control

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

Setup Designer (5424, 5436):
- Power ON the plotter. Load media. Make sure both pinch rollers are down.
- Press MENU button. Press DOWN arrow key to PROTOCOL and set to PCI.
- Press DOWN arrow key to INPUT RESOLUTION and set to 360 DPI.
- Press DOWN arrow key to ORIENTATION and set to AUTO.
- Press DOWN arrow key to PEN SETUP and set to USE SOFTWARE.
- Press DOWN arrow key to LINE INTERSECT and set to OVERLAY.
- Press DOWN arrow key to SYNC # EOM CHK and set to A: 22, 2, 13, ON
- Press DOWN arrow key to PORT TYPE and set to CENTRONICS.
- Press DOWN arrow key to EOP TIMER and set to 2 MIN.
- Press DOWN arrow key to INPUT BUFFER and set to 100K.
- Press DOWN arrow key to STITCH FACTOR and set to 0.
- 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 display: ONLINE 000:00.

2. Use EDIT or EDLIN to Add line to AUTOEXEC.BAT file to define LPT Port
(Add after PATH Statement):
MODE LPT1:,,P (if using parallel port 1).
MODE LPT2:,,P (if using parallel port 2).

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

3. Setup AutoCAD 12/13 (ACAD 14 users see below):
- Start AutoCAD. From the AutoCAD Command Line type: APPLOAD.
Note: Windows 95 with ACAD 13 for WINDOWS C3 will require
installation by running the a:\plpccw\install.bat file on the
installation disk. Example: INSTALL WIN13 A:\PLPCCW C:\R13\WIN\DRV
- Click on the FILE button.
- Locate drive a: from the DRIVES list and open folder PLPCCW. Click
on the file INSTALL.LSP and press ENTER.
- From the AutoCAD Command Line type: CONFIG.
- At the Configuration Menu choose Configure operating parameters.
- At Operating parameters, choose 3- Default plot file name.
Enter LPT1 or LPT2 to match the MODE cmd.
- Exit to Configuration Menu.
- At the Configuration Menu choose 5 - Configure plotter.
- At Plotter Configuration Menu choose 1 - Add a plotter configuration.
- From Available Plotters choose
CalComp TechJET Ink Jet Plotters ADI 4.2 V6.x- by CalComp.
- From Supported Models choose the model you have (5424 or 5436 Plotter).
- Where the Plotter is connected to (Serial, Parallel) = P.
- Device Name, (LPT1, LPT2, LPT3) = LPT1. (If using LPT1).
- Do you want to change anything = YES. Write the plot to a file = YES.
(All others, choose the defaults).
- Enter Description of Plotter = CalComp TechJET Designer.
- Exit to Configuration Menu. Exit to Drawing Editor. Keep
Configuration Changes = YES.
- At the command line type OPEN or NEW to open a drawing and
initialize the new driver.
- At the command line type: CCONFIG. to bring up the CalComp Plotter
Configuration Dialog box.
- Select the Model and options desired. For information, click on an
option then HELP.

Note to NT users (ACAD 12/13 only):
Windows NT requres the use of AUTOSPOOL for plotting. To configure ACAD
to use AUTOSPOOL:
- Create a directory under the root called SPFILES
- 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 (Use this line only if using the serial port x= number
of com port)
Copy %1 comx: (Use this line only if using the serial port x= number
of com port)
Copy %1 lptx (Use this line only if using the parallel port. x=number
of lpt port. May be a captured port)
Copy %1 //computer/share (Use this line only for network devices. Substitute for
computer and share.)
Note: Use only one ‘copy' line.

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

Setup AutoCAD 14:
- Start AutoCAD. From the AutoCAD Command Line type: APPLOAD.
- Click on the FILE button.
- Locate drive a: from the DRIVES list and open folder PLPCCW. Click
on the file INSTALL.LSP and press ENTER.
- From the AutoCAD Command Line type: CONFIG.
- Click on the PRINTERS tab then the NEW button
- From Available Plotters choose:
CalComp TechJET Ink Jet Plotters ADI 4.2 V6.x- by CalComp.
- From Supported Models choose the model you have (5424 or 5436 Plotter).
- Where the Plotter is connected to (Serial, Parallel, Network) = P.
- Device Name, (LPT1, LPT2, LPT3) = LPT1. (If using LPT1).
- Do you want to change anything = NO.
- Exit to Configuration Menu. Exit to Drawing Editor. Keep
Configuration Changes = YES.
- At the command line type OPEN or NEW to open a drawing and
initialize the new driver.
- At the command line type: CCONFIG. to bring up the CalComp Plotter
Configuration Dialog box.
- Select the Model and options desired. For information, click on an
option then HELP.

Note: Should errors occur when typing the CCONFIG command, the
driver may be reinitialized by:
1). Removing all CalComp plotters using the CONFIG command,
selecting 5 - Configure plotter, selecting 2- Delete a plotter
configuration, deleting all CalComp plotter drivers and selecting
Exit to Configuration Menu, Exit to Drawing Editor, and Keep
Configuration Changes = YES.
2). Deleting the driver configuration file, PLPCCW.INC in the driver
(DRV) subdirectory of AutoCAD.
3). Reinstalling the driver using the CONFIG command, and
selecting 1 - Add a plotter configuration, as previously described
above. (The APPLOAD Command does not need to be rerun).

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.