Title: CalComp AutoCAD ADI Driver Release 6.4 Revision: Release 6.4.2 24 June 1996 Status: AutoCAD 12 & 13 Dos, Win3.x, Win95, and WinNT - operational IMPORTANT: Please review the notes listed at the end before installing. Windows users may prefer to use the Win13\plpccw.hlp file instead of this file. Supported Releases, Platforms, and Plotters AutoCad 12 or 13 for DOS with Menus, Win3.1, Win95, and WinNT. CalComp TechJET Ink Jet, Solus 4 LED, DrawingMaster, Electrostatic, and Pen Plotters. CalComp TechJET Ink Jet Plotters TechJET Color GT 5336 GT/PS, E/A0 TechJET Color GT 5336 GT, E/A0 TechJET Color GT 5324 GT, D/A1 TechJET Color 5336, E/A0 TechJET Color 5324, D/A1 TechJET 175i 5336i, E/A0 TechJET 720c 5636, E/A0 TechJET 720c 5624, D/A1 TechJET 720 5436, E/A0, Mono TechJET 720 5424, D/A1, Mono CalComp Solus 4 LED Plotters Solus 4 LED 54436, E/A0 Solus 4 LED 54424, D/A1 CalComp DrawingMaster Plotters DrawingMaster 800 53436, E/A0 DrawingMaster 600 53336, E/A0 DrawingMaster Plus 52436, E/A0 DrawingMaster Plus 52236, E/A0 DrawingMaster Plus 52424, D/A1 DrawingMaster Plus 52224, D/A1 CalComp Electrostatic Plotters 68444, E/A0 Roll, Color EPP 68436, E/A0 Roll, Color EPP 58444, E/A0 Roll, Color EPP 58436, E/A0 Roll, Color EPP 58424, E/A0 Roll, Color EPP 67436, E/A0 Roll, Monochrome 57444, E/A0 Roll, Monochrome 57436, E/A0 Roll, Monochrome 57424, D/A1 Roll, Monochrome CalComp Pen Plotters DesignMate 3024 D/A1 Sheet DesignMate 3036 E/A0 Sheet Pacesetter Classic 4036 Dual Pacesetter 2036, E/A0 Sheet Pacesetter 2024, D/A1 Sheet Artisan 1026, E/A0 Dual Artisan 1025, E/A0 Sheet Artisan 1023, D/A1 Sheet 1077, E/A0 Dual 1044, E/A0 Dual 1043, E/A0 Sheet ADI/GUI Release The CalComp AutoCAD Driver Release includes the following files. The Dos drivers, plpccw.exp, the Windows drivers, plpccw.dll, and the help files, plpccw.ahp, plpccw.hlp, are different; all other files are the same across releases. The Dos drivers are the same but two copies have been provided in different directories/folders in case they differ in future releases. The installation directories/folders and files are listed below. All plpccw\com files and all plpccw\(release) files are copied to the installation directory where (release) is one of dos12, dos13, win12, or win13. The install.bat file does this. In addition, the AutoCAD initialization files, support\ acadr12.lsp or com(mon)\ support\ acadr13.lsp are modified (appended to) during installation with the lines (autoload "plpccw" '( "cconfig" "cconfig")) ;; win12 (princ) (autoload "drv/plpccw" '( "cconfig" "cconfig")) ;; dos12, dos13, win13 (princ) The installation handles all releases, installing the correct version for the version of AutoCad used for the installation. Release directory/folder plpccw\ Installation notes ~\readme.txt Installation notes ~\install.txt Installation script ~\install.lsp Installation script ~\install.bat Removal script ~\remove.bat Dos 12 driver ~\dos12\plpccr64.exp Dos 12 help file ~\dos12\plpccw.hlp Dos 13 driver ~\dos13\plpccr64.exp Dos 13 help file ~\dos13\plpccw.ahp Win 12 driver ~\win12\plpccr64.dll Win 12 help file ~\win12\plpccw.hlp Win 13 driver ~\win13\plpccr64.dll Win 13 help file ~\win13\plpccw.hlp Common directory/folder ~\com\ Previous palette ~\ccolor.ccp Color palette ~\ccolr.ccp Greyscale palette ~\cgrey.ccp Dialog control language file ~\plpccw.dcl Model file ~\plpccw.inm User interface functions ~\plpccw.lsp AutoCad slide library ~\plpccw.slb AutoCad Release Directory/folder relative to AutoCad AutoCad R12 Dos drv\ AutoCad R12 Windows . AutoCad R13 Dos dos\drv\ AutoCad R13 Windows win\drv\ CalComp AutoCAD Driver Installation and Configuration The installation and configuration cover all supported releases. The correct release will be installed according to the version of AutoCAD used for installation. The menus were changed from AutoCAD 12 to 13 and items were moved from the File menu to the Options and Tools menus. The procedure is: Connect the CalComp Plotter if not connected Install AutoCAD if not installed Remove any existing CalComp plotters Use the File/Configure or Options/Configure menu or enter config at the Command line Quit AutoCAD Install the CalComp AutoCAD Plotter Driver Start up AutoCAD Insert the AutoCAD Driver Release into floppy a: Select the File/Applications or Tools/Applications menu Select the file a:\plpccw\install.lsp using the file selection dialog Click on the Load button Configure AutoCAD for the plotter Select the File/Configure or Options/Configure menu or enter config at the Command line Select configure plotter / Add a plotter / Select a CalComp plotter Answer any further questions Configure the CalComp Plotter Driver Enter "cconfig" at the AutoCAD Command line Select a model and configuration / Create new configurations / Delete old configurations Play with the graphical user interface In addition, AutoCAD 12 for Windows must be told about the help file you install to access it. Use the File/Preferences Environment dialog to enter in the Help File entry space the help file name, (AutoCAD path\)plpccw.hlp. Only one help file is accessible at a time so this will suppress the Windows help file. Alternatively, the Windows help file for Release 13 can be used by itself or opened from Windows help, but not from the user interface. The AutoCAD 13_c3 release has an installation problem under Windows 95 which has been fixed in the 13_c4 release. The installation will print out a shell command which fails with "shell error". Entering the line in a DOS window outside of AutoCAD will complete the installation. Due to DOS line length limits, downloaded driver files should be kept at or near the root of the disk with as short a path as possible or installation may fail. The installation script may be made to ask for the installation directory if it cannot find an earlier CalComp driver (plpcc). To do so, uncomment the line near the top of the plpccw\install.lsp file. ;(setq ASKINSTALL t) Selecting any file in the installation directory will install to that directory. AutoCad must still be able to locate it to use it. AutoCAD batch files used to start Dos versions must set ACADDRV to the path of the CalComp driver. Multiple paths are permissible as long as the first path holds the CalComp driver. Operation All text will be available for internationalization in the ahp, dcl, lsp (in the ccvarval function), hlp, and inm files. A CalComp Configuration file, plpccw.inc, will be read, modified, and written as required to support the plotters. This file will appear similar to a Windows ini text file having [Sections] of variable=value parameter entries for different models and configurations. The AutoCad File/Configure or Options/Configure menu item or config command will be run to install each plotter. The adi driver will read the plpccw.inm model file for classes, models, and messages, and the plpccw.inc configuration file for currently installed plotters. Upon selection of a model the class, model, number, and tag will be recorded in the configuration file. The number corresponds to the number of this model installed, the tag to a unique identifier that refers to this plotter. When a user selects a different plotter, this tag is used to identify it in the configuration file. Once the plpccw.lsp file is autoloaded by using the cconfig command or loaded manually using (load "drv/plpccw"), the cconfig command will be defined which brings up the CalComp Configuration GUI. The cconfig command will read the plpccw.inc configuration file for the list of installed plotters and allow configuration of each plotter by model type. Multiple configuration files per model will be supported but only one per model will be selected at a time. Configuration parameters will correspond to plotter model and number rather than installed plotter description/name. The user may create new configurations by name and delete them as desired. When the last configuration for a plotter is deleted, the model is also deleted. The AutoCad File/Configure or Options/Configure menu item or config command must then be used to remove and install the plotter for the gui to access it again. When plotting the adi driver then reads the parameters of the selected model and configuration and uses them for plotter output. Notes Cconfig selects the current configuration for each plotter but AutoCAD still selects the plotter. Configurations of the same name refer to the same configuration. Should errors occur, the driver may be reinitialized by removing all CalComp plotters using AutoCAD's 'config' command and deleting the driver configuration file, plpccw.inc, in the driver directory / folder. Custom CDCL commands may be inserted into the plpccw.inc configuration file after initial configuration. Locate the plotter, then selected configuration of the plotter (Cfg000), and then the configuration section of that name. Enter a line CDCLUser=cdcl;cdcl;cdcl where cdcl are the CDCL commands to be inserted. The original DrawingMaster Plus may need a line CDCLTrailer=usernumber where usernumber is the number of the user to restore after plotting. All other plotters restore to the currently selected user. Scale to fit must have the correct page size (portrait/landscape) Plotter orientation is additive to cdcl rotation. Auto orientation with cut sheet requires portrait media if possible A size commonly must be landscape, leading to images rotated 90 degree from the pictures. Select a different orientation. The Solus may have problems with some mirroring and rotation angles. Color uses the color palette, greyscale uses the color palette converted to grey, and black uses the greyscale palette. Color is only applicable to color palettes, black is only applicable to grey palettes. The Ccolr.ccp palette which has more saturated pastels and darker dark colors is new the new default palette. Ccdiff.ccp is a similar palette using simulated error diffusion. The previous palette has been included as Ccolor.ccp. AutoCad 12 for Windows uses the working directory for driver configuration and palette files. All others use the driver directory. Some plotters, such as the TechJET 720c, are capable of wider plotting if wider media is used, just specify a wider user page size. As such media is non-standard, this size is not returned in the MAX page size. Changes 6.2.2 More robust installation, driver, and user interface. Installation will resort to asking the user for a directory if the one found appears incorrect. Multiple configurations of the same name now refer to the same configuration and are handled appropriately. Reordered models. Redesign of file location procedure BuildCfgFileName Used for Model, Config, Color, and Threshhold files. Output CDCL header and trailer even if PlotterValues CDCLTrailer added to DrawingMaster Plus. Setlevel merge implemented. Index if not Cut sheet. Cut sheet pen plotters and ink jets. Crop marks implemented. Page size rather than plot size used. Mirror x and y 180 degree rotation corrected. Output CDCL COLOR_PEN for Solus, no default MEDIA_SOURCE. Output CDCL RGB_COLOR for Black TechJet under DOS New Grey conversion, Undercolorremoval and Blackgeneration gamma function color control. Color palettes added. ColorType set appropriate to palette file. Able to set threshhold file in config file (Threshes=). Wide dots adjusted in plxpa. DefineColor uses DefinePattern for USEBLACK blacks. Serial hardware handshake default. Spaces added after #%02d model lines. Changes 6.2.3 Sharing Violation warning displayed when replacing an existing driver. Corrected line loss when pen was changed in midst of a line. Fixed long plot max plotter width under rotation. Able to set Full Page Area from config file (MediaFPage=0/1). Able to control Full Page Area by uncommenting lines in plpccw.dcl and plpccw.lsp files. Able to set threshhold file in color file (Threshes=), overriding config file. Changes 6.3.0 First column of threshold matrix now processed for thresholds. Gamma rather than gamma reciprocal used. Changes 6.4.0 & 6.4.1 Dual/Sheet Pen Plotters differentiated. Only Electrostatics use RGB_COLOR. TechJET 720c added. CDCL COLOR_PEN suppressed when pens are not defined. Overlay is now the default setting. MAX page width of standard rolls are returned. Plotters may support wider user page sizes. Changes 6.4.2 Enabled Connection Timeout, Pen Intensity, and Media Full Page Area controls. Troubleshooting Guide Questions and Answers Driver installation requests the location of the install.lsp file even though the file is selected when loaded. This information is not available from AutoCAD and the file cannot determine where it itself is located. It tries a:\plpccw and b:\plpccw before asking the user. Driver installation fails with "shell error". AutoCAD Release 13_c3 under Windows 95, fixed with 13_c4. Enter the printed line which fails with this error at a Dos Prompt to complete the installation. Driver installation fails during copying of driver files. Driver installs to the wrong directory. Verify the printed line "install release from to" is similar to one of the forms below where the source directory is a:\plpccw and the AutoCAD directory is c:\acad. If the paths are too long the Dos line limit may be exceeded. If the support files are installed elsewhere than c:\acad\support (AutoCAD12) or c:\acad\com\support (AutoCAD13) where c:\acad is the AutoCAD directory, the driver directory may be incorrect. Entering the correct line at a Dos Prompt will complete the installation. If a "Sharing violation" occurs, exit AutoCAD before installation. a:\plpccw\install dos12 a:\plpccw c:\acad\drv a:\plpccw\install dos13 a:\plpccw c:\acad\dos\drv a:\plpccw\install win12 a:\plpccw c:\acad a:\plpccw\install win13 a:\plpccw c:\acad\win\drv Running config and selecting the driver leads to a "plpcc error creating initial configuration file" or "plpcc memory allocation error" AutoCAD for Dos. Make sure the line SET ACADDRV=C:\ACAD\DRV exists in the batch file used to start AutoCAD (acadr12.bat or acadr13.bat). Running config and selecting the driver leads to a "Internal error: General Protection Error" AutoCAD for Dos. Verify that no plpccw.inc configuration file initially exists in the driver directory. Cconfig returns "Unknown command" Verify you have opened a new drawing since installation. Verify the location of the AutoCAD lisp file using (findfile "acadr12.lsp") or (findfile "acadr13.lsp"). Verify no other copies exist in the path. Verify the file ends with the following lines. (AutoCAD 12 for Windows will not have "drv/" on the autoload line.) ;; CalComp Configuration Command (autoload "drv/plpccw" '( "cconfig" "cconfig")) (princ) Cconfig returns "No CalComp Plotter Found!" Verify you have run config and selected a CalComp 6.4 or higher driver and no errors occurred during configuration. Cconfig help returns "Invalid keyword" AutoCAD 12 for Windows. No good solution. Open the AutoCAD 13 help file from Windows Help or change the File/Preferences/Environment to refer to the AutoCAD 12 help file, plpccw.hlp. The latter will suppress the normal AutoCAD help file though. Some Cconfig options are greyed out. Not all models support all features. Conn(ection) is only to support older non-cdcl pen plotters. Cconfig options change but they are not reflected in the output. Cconfig selects the configuration for a plotter but AutoCAD still selects the plotter. Make sure the plotter selected in AutoCAD is the one associated with the plotter being configured. How do I add a printer model to Cconfig? Run AutoCAD's config and install a CalComp Driver 6.4 or above for that model. How do I control a feature from the front panel? Select Plotter from the popups in Cconfig, or Use Plotter Values suppress control of most features. How do I use the pen table defined on the plotter? Deselect Define Pens in Cconfig / Pens. How do I prevent thin light colored lines from breaking up? (Previously referred to as "Setpen" versus "Map Pen to Color".) Select for best line width rather than best color by deselecting Dither lines in Cconfig / Pens. How do I change individual line colors and widths? This is accomplished using the AutoCAD File / Print/Plot / Pen Assignment Dialog. The results may be saved to and retrieved from a file using File / Print/Plot / Device and Default Selection Dialog. Colors depend on whether objects are colored by color, layer, or block. How do I change a color in the palette? This is currently accomplished by editing the text palette files in the driver directory, ccolr.ccp and cgrey.ccp. RGB or K values, 0-255, for each color are listed. Modified palette files may be given different names and selected from Cconfig / Pens / Color Palette / Other and selecting the palette file in the driver directory. How do I get a portrait orientation? A portrait page size must be selected as well as an orientation in the right column of Cconfig / Media. The image on screen should also be portrait. How do I do a long plot? Select a long plot scale factor in Cconfig / Media and select the MAX size in Print/Plot / Size. 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