Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 CalComp Raster Driver 4.20 26 Aug 1998 Due to a printer processor change this driver is not compatible with prior raster drivers. ****Existing Calcomp Raster Drivers should be removed before new ones are installed.**** Nt 4.0 download Ccleannt from CalGraph website to remove previous Calcomp drivers. Windows 95/98 users download Cclean95 from CalGraph website to remove previous Calcomp drivers. Installation **** Use ccrsetup.inf for NT 4.0 and Windows 95. Use the Win98setup.inf for Windows 98 **** System requirements: - Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0 Recommended virtual memory, Start / Settings / Control Panel / System / Performance, 100 Megs Create an empty directory or folder and copy the 95nt40_x.exe files to it. Execute the self extracting archives by double clicking on them. You can install from this directory or create floppies. To put the driver onto floppies just copy all of the files from the subdirectory disk1 to floppy #1. Then copy the contents of subdirectory disk2 to floppy #2. Do the same for #3 if needed. The following assumes you have administrative privileges to install a printer and have the Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.0 CD available for installation. Even when doing network installs, the administrator should install the driver first and users afterwards. Any anti-viral software should be disabled prior to installation. Important: If installing a model with color profiles under NT4.0 first create a folder (winnt)/system32/color for them. 1. Select Start / Settings / Printers. 2. Select Add Printer, specify a port and Have Disk. 3. Insert first disk in drive a:, or browse to subdirectory disk1, and press Enter. 4. Insert the Windows CD or Calcomp disks 2 or 3 when requested. 5. Configure the driver as desired. ***Important: The following steps only necessary for Windows Nt*** 6. Double click PPInst on Disk1, or Start / Run a:/ppinst.exe 7. Select the Print Processor to install, Ccprint.dll. You may need to select WinExplorer / View / Options / View / Show all files for ccprint.dll to be displayed. 8. Select Printer / Properties / Print Processor / Ccprint Windows 95/98 Notes The inf file is used for installation (Ccrsetup=Win95, Win98setup=Win98). This driver installs the following files to %SystemRoot%\system where %SystemRoot% is the Win95/98 system folder: *.PPD, pscript.hlp, pscript.drv, pscript.ini, testps.txt, fonts.mfm, iconlib.dll. The print processor ccprin.dll, the rasterizer gsdll32.dll, fonts *.pfb, and color profiles *.icm are also installed. During installation all registry entries are made relative to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\. During local installation registry entries are made to ~\Environments\Windows 4.0\Drivers, ~\Forms, and ~\Printers. The system must be rebooted after installation as the driver may already be loaded into memory. Color profiles, *.icm, are installed in %SystemRoot%\System\Color. Windows NT 4.0 Notes The Ccrsetup.inf file is used for installation. This driver installs the following files to %SystemRoot%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86 and %SystemRoot%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\2 to during a local install and to %SystemRoot%\system32\spool\drivers\w32x86\2 during a network install where %SystemRoot% is the Winnt4.0 system folder: *.PPD, pscrptui.dll, pscript.hlp, and pscript.dll. A binary PPD file, bpd, is created in the process. The print processor ccprint.dll, the rasterizer gsdll32.dll, fonts *.pfb, and color profiles *.icm are also installed. During installation all registry entries are made relative to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\. During local installation registry entries are made to ~\Environments\Windows NT x86\Drivers\Version-2, ~\Forms, and ~\Printers. During network installation 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. Windows prefers to spool at a high level and let the print server do the work. This works fine if your print server is at least as capable as your workstation. Otherwise you must make NT believe you are printing to a local port by selecting a local port and doing a net use localport networkresource /persistent:yes, e.g. net use lpt1: \\server\sharename /persistent:yes, at a Dos prompt. ***Novell queue as port(NT only)*** Instead of configuring for the Novell queue you will need to use the Net Use command. Net Use Lpt3: \\novell server\queue name Configure the driver to print to Lpt3 Operation During configuration, the user interface is provided by pscript.drv or pscrptui.dll based on a postscript printer definition (PPD) file for the device. Both roll and cut sheet PPDs are provided for devices supporting them. During page layout, the driver, communicates the imageable area of a page to the application, based on the PPD file. During printing it converts Windows GDI into PostScript and sends it to the spooler. The Ccprin / Ccprint Print Processor intercepts the job and either passes it through as PostScript or rasterizes it using gsdll32.dll, the fonts *.pfb, and the color profiles *.icm. The print processor will display a blue green icon with ToolTip progress in the system tray during printing. Selecting the icon will bring up a status window and minimizing it will hide it. Closing (X) the status window will request confirmation to cancel the printing job. This is only available on the computer running the print processor. Install remotely for ease of installation and to offload processing to the print server. PostScript will be spooled across the network. Install the print processor locally if you want to cancel during processing. Raster will be spooled across the network. Changes R 4.11 Initial version. R 4.12 Added Print Processor and Rasterizer. Changed Custom Page Size code and added Ecografix models. R 4.14 Renamed processor to ccprin/ccprint. The print processor now creates a default header to ensure device control for applications parsing the PPD and creating their own PostScript. Revised PPDs to enable creation of this header and creates a binary PPD file, *.bpd. PrintToFile should now always work. Added Installed memory and corrected margins. Print processor will now report more useful status information and cancel more quickly. Selecting stochastic dithering will now override ordered dithering. The driver will now default to transverse printing when printing raster on roll if transverse will fit. This can be changed by changing /CCTrans to false in Ccproc.ps in the driver directory. R 4.16 Some banner page sizes have been added to the PPDs to prevent Nt from resorting to the MaxPage size. CCTrans changed to false in ccproc.ps. New rasterizer with fixed ordered screening and better error recovery. The print processor handles partial writes, errors, and recovery better. Disabled nonfunctional optimization. Noninterleaved raster has been fixed for the Electrostatic 68000. Ecopro has been fixed. Win95/98 defaults are now completely handled solving some problems with applications writing their own PostScript. LeadingEdge must be selected to change orientation. CustomPageSize has been changed. Transverse is functional for raster. Different color intents are now available. Print processor has been rebuilt for 95/98 to solve installation problems. Print processor now initializes to defaults so copies, mirroring, etc. will work. R 4.20 Color correction has been corrected. Look for slightly more subdued colors. All models support stochastic dithering in raster. Model margins are handled by all devices. Reduced resolutions are provided for models with resolutions greater than or equal to 300dpi. In raster, select the reduced resolution. In Postscript select the reduced resolution and increase the output scaling by a factor of 2. If fine dithering is desired in raster mode, select the reduced resolution, increase the output scaling by a factor of 2, and change /CCExpand 0 def to /CCExpand 1 def in the ccproc.ps file. 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 postscript file? 8. Does copying a PostScript file to the port print? 9. Does a network installation succeed? 10. Does a network installation print? Under NT 4.0, have you installed, selected, and invoked the print processor? See above. 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Please send all comments and questions to: drivermaster@calgraphinc.com Please include the following information in any e-mail message: - Your name and your company's name. - The computer make, model, and operating system. - The operating system and amount of RAM memory reported under Start / Settings / Control Panel / System / General - The amount of virtual memory reported under Start / Settings / Control Panel / System / Performance - The system disk capacity and free space available reported under My Computer / File / Properties / General - The CalComp device model you are using. - The Driver version number. - If reporting a bug, include the exact steps necessary to reproduce the problem. - If the problem occurs with a specific file, eliminate everything else from the file, and create a PostScript file and include it if possible. - In the event of a crash or an error, please note the error messages if possible. Release Notes Use Win95/98 Printer Properties and WinNT Printers Document Defaults to set default parameters. Printer Features vary with model and may include OutputFormat, OutputMode, OutputScaling, ColorModel, Dithering, MediaType, InkType, and ColorMatching. Plotter uses the value currently on selected on the plotter. ColorModel selected must correspond to the head installed on the TechJET 5600s. The CalComp PostScript driver supports most common large forms. You may create additional forms if needed. Use the Win95/98 Printer / Properties / Paper / Custom or WinNT Printers / File / Server Properties menu option to create forms not listed in the driver media list. Usage of the MaxPage size, the length of a roll, is not recommended; it exists only to allow the user to define their own page size. This page size should fit within the device margins. Windows 95/98 can only handle 2^15/dpi inches. Windows 95 users must not define a size greater than this or the system may freeze. Some applications can circumvent this limitation. Windows NT is limited only to the length of the roll. Unfortunately Windows NT does not use the form directly but rather the next size defined in the PPD capable of containing it. Users with specific size requirements not met by the PPD may wish to add their own sizes to it. Windows 95/98 Maximum Pagesize Dpi Inches Cm 180 182.0 462.3 360 91.0 231.1 720 45.5 115.5 Use OutputScaling to circumvent application limitations. OutputScaling ranges from 1 to 16 in factors of sqrt(2). B size is roughly sqrt(2) x A size while C size is 2 x A size and E size is 4 x A size. A3 is sqrt(2) x A4 while A2 is 2 x A4 and A0 is 4 x A4 size. The scaling factor reduces page and image size, but only increases image size. Few applications handle this. Use OutputScaling instead. The definition of portrait on a transverse (landscape fed) page can led to clipping. No single definition of CustomPageSize will work for all applications or all firmware. The two most common conventions are included in the PPD with true or false to select between them. The default will work with most applications using the system printer driver. Applications creating there own PostScript such as Quark and Freehand commonly use the other convention. Quark can not handle a *MaxMediaHeight and *ParamCustomPageSize Height greater than 32767 points. Illustrator for Windows cannot handle any PPDs with page sizes longer than ~10ft. 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. The PPDs are copied to the system (Win95/98) or system32\ spool\ drivers\ w32x86 (WinNT) folder during installation. If you are using an application which requires a PPD, you may have to copy it to the proper location for that application. See your application documentation for details. The job status can be monitored with the Printer Icon. To cancel a plotting job, use the Printer Icon, Document, Cancel menu option. Color Matching Color Matching can be performed on the host computer or on the printer. Some applications support it directly. Only the Macintosh, Windows 95/98, and NT 5.0 operating systems support it (Under Printer Setup, Printer Properties / Graphics / Color Control, and Printer / Document Defaults / Color Appearance / Image Color Matching). Windows 95 does not support selection of a color profile so system color matching is not recommended. Therefore color matching should be done in the application or the driver under 95. The printer supports it when using device independent RGB. Applications can apply Color Profiles (icc/icm) to the data they create or download a Color Rendering Dictionary (crd) derived from them with their data and the printer will perform color matching using it. When the printer receives RGB data without a crd it applies an appropriate default crd. When the printer receives any other form of data, such as CMYK, it assumes the color matching has already been done. Color Matching is affected by Resolution, Dithering, InkType, MediaType, and Intent and the crd used is dependent on these. The intents it supports are Relative Colorimetric (best used for matching a particular color), Contrast/Photometric/Perceptual (best used for photographic images), and Saturation (best used for presentations), with Contrast/Photometric/Perceptual being the default. Always use the Standard Dot Size when using color matching. Problems Applications which use the PPD files may need them copied to a specific location. Scaling works with few applications. Use OutputScaling instead. The following driver features are controlled by the application, Adobe Illustrator 4.1 - Copies Adobe Pagemaker 6.0 - Copies, Color Appearance, Paper Size, Orientation, Mirrored Output, Negative Output, OutputMode, OutputScaling CorelDraw 6.0 - Rotated Landscape, Mirrored Output, Negative Output Microsoft Powerpoint 7.0 - Copies Microsoft Excel 7.0 - Orientation, OutputScaling Micrografx Designer 6.0 - Copies, Mirrored Output QuarkXpress 3.32 - Copies (Needs PPDs in system folder)Download Driver Pack
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