I am running Windows 2000 Pro. SP2 and have both the Protel 99SE and 16-bit versions working fine using Software Mechanics WinLine NT driver. I have had to upgrade the driver a few times due to problems with SE. Actually, SE was the only software I had problem plotting with. The version I am now running is about a year old and has had no troubles that I have found. I forgot what I paid for it back in 97, but it was worth it. I was going to write my own, but found that they were going to release the drivers so I bought in early. The company who wrote it has been great. All of my fixes have been free by just Faxing my license and original packing slip. Hope this helps.
Please send all responses to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUAOr2gRcg7e58wctt6EQLy5ACghqr8dTZj/+LgybS+TDYB/nDSlRwAmgN2 PybNyfxUgoTf5bog1FXME4kQ =9EjO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Plotting and printing help needed. > Thanks, Jon. > > I cannot seem to find a driver for this setup. I have been to HP's site, too. > > You said that you had your Draftmaster working with Protel. Can you give > me any particulars whatsoever for it? What OS were you using? > > Yes, I mentioned earlier that the "command prompt command" was working so > that you would understand that the hardware is working. I didn't mean to > confuse you and intimate that all was well. > > > Thanks > > Ros > > At 03:54 PM 2/15/2002, you wrote: > >Ros wrote: > > > > > Hi Jon, > > > > > > Thank you for your reply. > > > > > > Well, just your saying that yours worked, gives me encouragement. I don't > > > have a book on this plotter but, through trial and error, I got the thing > > > to accept a command prompt command. It drew a diagonal line from the > > > command that I sent it. So, I am thinking that the baud rate is set > > > correctly at 9600 and hardware control, 8 bits, 1 stop bit and no parity > > > (N) as it passes the comm. test okay. > > > > > > I am almost certain that it is the setup from within Protel99 SE that I > > > have wrong. I am using Windows XP and have selected the generic HPGL/2 > > > protocol for talking to the plotter. Is there a special driver for this > > > beast to make it plot? I have just selected the HPGL/2 from within printer > > > setup in XP. > > > >Get the specific driver from the HP website before wasting any more time. > >They may not have an XP driver for such an old plotter, which may be > >a problem. I don't know if Win 2K or NT4.0 drivers can be loaded into > >XP. > > > >HP plotters have so many different features, that you really need > >specific drivers. The origin and axis conventions on the different HP > >plotters are all different, and some other features are also different, > >so it makes a generic driver difficult to make work in all cases. > >And, yes, Protel has some problems in handling all different printing and > >plotting devices perfectly, but this is not necessarily Protel's fault. > >To take a picture on the screen, and tell a piece of software to reproduce > >it, no matter whether the output device is a printer, pen plotter, > >ink jet, laser, raster imaging machine, or whatever, is pretty tricky. > > > >Anyway, when you can hardcopy a simple picture from the Windows > >Paint program, then you know the driver is actually working. > > > >Your "command prompt command" to draw a line sounds like you were > >sending HPGL commands directly to the serial port. That does not > >take any driver, and just proves the hardware is working. Actually, the > >driver should have a canned "test page" that should prove that the driver > >talks to the plotter correctly. > > > >Jon * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
