Ricoh RW-7140 PLOTBASE Instructions D'installation page 12

INSTALLATION OF WINPRINT AS A NETWORK PRINTER
Installation of WINPRINT as a network printer
Before you can use the WINPRINT, you have to install it on your client PC as a "network printer", as you have already
done with every in-house network printer on your PC before.
To install WINPRINT as network printer, please proceed as follows:
1. Open "Printers" window via "Start - Settings - Printers".
2. Open "Add Printer" and click on "Next".
3. Choose "Network Printer" and click on "Next".
4. Type printer name including complete network path of the server PC, where PLOTBASE is running or click "Next" to
browse in your in-house network.
5. In the network search for the server PC and choose WINPRINT with double click.
6. Choose WINPRINT as standard printer or not and finish installation.
Now you can choose the WINPRINT from your Windows application menu "File - Print".
Installation of PLOTCLIENT HDI on a Windows PC
The installation of the program is carried out on a workstation, on which an AutoCAD program is installed. You will
find the installation program in the released "Tools" folder of PLOTBASE:
1. For installation, start Windows as user with administrator rights and open Windows Explorer.
2. If Windows has already been started with administrator rights, quit all active programs resp. do a data backup.
3. Go via the network to the installation directory \\[ServerPC]\Tools\RW-7140 PLOTCLIENT HDI.
4. Change to the correct directory corresponding to your operating system.
5. Start the file "Setup.exe".
6. In the "Welcome" dialogue, click on "Next".
7. Click on "I accept" if you accept the licence agreements. Click on "I reject" if you do not accept and want to stop
installation.
8. Read the information about the program and click on "Next".
9. Choose the setup type that you prefer and click on "Next". If you have chosen the option "Complete", continue with
point 10, otherwise continue with the next point.
10. If you have chosen the setup option "Custom", the next window will ask you to install the Configuration tool, if you
use AutoCAD 13 or 14. Click on "Next" to start this intermediate installation.
11. If you want to keep your previous installation settings, click on "install" now to install PLOTCLIENT HDI.
PLOTCLIENT HDI is installed now.
12. As soon as the installation has finished, click on "Finish".
Installation of the HPGL/2 plotter
Before using PLOTCLIENT HDI with AutoCAD 13/14, an HPGL/2 plotter [HP DesignJet 1055 CM] has to be installed.
This installation is described in the two sections below.
Installation in AutoCAD 13
1. Start AutoCAD 13 and open the configuration dialogue under the menu point "Options - Configure".
2. Press "Return" once.
3. Choose option 5 "Configure Plotter" and press "Return" to confirm.
4. Choose option 1 "Add A Plotter Configuration" and press "Return" to confirm.
5. Choose option 11 "HP-GL/2 Device" and press "Return" to confirm.
6. Choose option 1 "HP DesignJet 1055 CM" and press "Return" to confirm.
7. Press "Return" once.
8. Choose the option "Parallel Port" and press "Return" to confirm.
9. Press "Return" to confirm the port name.
10. Confirm your changes in the next step with "Yes".
11. Answer the question about changing the parameters with "No".
12. Answer the question about calibrating the printer with "No".
13. Answer the question "Write The Plot In A File" with "Yes".
14. Choose the required unit of measurement and press "Return" to confirm.
15. Press "Return" to confirm the defaults in the next step.
16. Press "Return" to confirm the defaults again in the next step.
17. Leave the rotation setting at "0" and press "Return" to confirm.
18. Answer the question "Remove Hidden Lines" with "No".
19. Choose the option "Fit" [on paper] and press "Return" to confirm.
20. Leave the plotter name as the default and press "Return" to confirm.
21. Choose the option "0" to leave the configuration.
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\\[ServerPC]\Tools\RW-7140 PLOTCLIENT HDI