Advice Installing EMS Plotter Driver - CONTA-CLIP

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Advice for Installing EMS Plotter Driver
requiered for Firmware 1.14j and higher
(Firmware 1.14j necessary for 64 bit operation system)
Stand: 8. Juli 2010
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CONTENT:
1. Installing EMS Plotter Driver for Windows 7 page 3
2. Installing EMS Plotter Driver for Windows 2000 page 11
3. Installing EMS Plotter Driver for Windows XP page 15
4. Installing EMS Plotter Driver for Windows Vista page 17
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1. Installing the Plotter Drivers for EMS-2 or EMS-eco in Windows 7
1. Login to your Computer using an account with administrative rights.
Important!! DO NOT connect the device to your system UNTIL the drivers are installed!
(If you have already done so, please follow the instructions of this document starting from
step 8.)
2. Set the User Account Control to the lowest level. Here is how to do it:
2.1. Navigate to Start > Control Panel > System and Security
Under the header “Action Center” click on “Change User Account Control settings”.
The following window appears:
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2.2. Keep the position of the slide control in memory, in order to restore it later.
2.3. Shift the control to the lowest position “Never notify” and confirm with „OK“. After the
change, the computer must be restarted.
3. In order to continue, you must know if you are running the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version of
Windows 7 on your computer. If you are not sure, you can open the following window:
Start > Control Panel > System and Security > System
On the line “System type” you can read the desired Information.
4. Open the folder “Psetup” on your Installation CD, and from there, open the subfolder “W7_32”
(for the 32-Bit version of Windows 7) or “W7_64” (for the 64-Bit version of Windows 7).
Be sure to choose the correct version!.
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Start the Windows batch File “setup.bat” by a double click on the symbol.
5. During installation, a command-line window appears. Also, following message window pops up:
“Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software”
Choose “Install the driver software anyway”.
6. The Installation can take about one minute. After a successful installation the command-line
window issues the following message (the text may differ slightly, depending on your Windows 7
version):
Close the command-line window.
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7. Change User Account Control settings to its original value (see step 2 above)
and restart the system.
8. Now connect your EMS-2 or EMS-eco plotter to the system and switch on the power. Go to
“Start > Devices and Printers”. If the installation was successful, you will see your plotter in the
list of Printers and Faxes. The installation is finished.
If the installation was NOT successful, then an entry “USB- Printing Support” appears in the list.
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In this case, take the following steps:
Double-Click on the entry “USB Printing Support“.
9. In the dialogue window that appears, choose the tab “Hardware”.
10. Double-click on the entry “generic Plotter…” in the “Device Functions” list.
Choose the Tab “Driver” in the new window.
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11. Click on the button “Update Driver…“. The following window will appear.
Choose “Browse my computer for driver software”.
12. Click on “Browse” and select the path Psetup\W7_32 or Psetup\w7_64 on your Installation CD,
depending whether you have a 32.Bit or 64-Bit version of Windows 7 (Refer to step 3 of this
document if you do not know which Windows 7 version you have.).
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13. Confirm with “OK” and then “Next”. The installation starts now.
14. During the installation, the following message will appear:
“Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software”:
Choose “Install the driver software anyway”.
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15. After a successful installation Windows issues the following message.
Press “Close” to finish the installation.
16. Reopen the window “Devices and Printers”. Your plotter should now appear in the list of Printers
and Faxes.
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2. Installing the Plotter Drivers for EMS-2 or EMS-eco in Windows 2000
1. Log on to your Computer using an account with administrative rights.
2. Connect the plotter to your system and switch on the power.
The “Found New Hardware Wizard” starts. Click on “Next”.
3. Choose “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)”
and then click “Next”.
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4. Choose “Specify a location” and click on “Next”.
In the opening window, click on “Browse” and select the subfolder “W2K” in the folder
“Psetup” on your installation CD. Confirm with “Open” and then with “OK”.
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Then click on “NEXT“. The installation begins now.
5. During the installation a message appears stating “The software you are about to
install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature… ” and asks
“Do you want to continue the installation?” Answer with “Yes”.
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6. Click on “Finish” to end the installation.
The driver for the connected device (in this example the EMS-2, format DIN A3 / full size)
is now installed and ready to use.
If you want to connect another plotter to your system (e.g. an EMS-eco) the driver
installation is simplified.
• Login to your computer as an administrator before connecting the new plotter.
• Insert the disk which contains the driver setup files into your CD-ROM drive.
• Connect the plotter to your computer. The installation begins automatically.
• The message window stating “The software you are about to install does not
contain a Microsoft digital signature… ” appears, and must be answered with
“Yes” (see step 5).
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3. Installing the Plotter Drivers for EMS-2 or EMS-eco in Windows XP
1. Login to your Computer using an account with administrative rights.
2. Connect the Plotter to your system and switch on the power.
The “Found New Hardware Wizard” starts.
3. Choose “Install from a list or specific location” and then click “Next”.
4. In the next window, choose “Search for the best driver in these locations” and
check the box “Include this location in the search”, click on “Browse” and select the
subfolder “XP” in the folder “Psetup” on your installation CD. Confirm with “OK” and then
with “Next”.
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5. The driver will now be installed. During the installation the following message will appear:
“The software you are installing for this hardware: … has not passed Windows Logo
testing…”
Choose “Continue Anyway” and wait until the installation has finished.
This can take about one minute.
6. Click on “Finish” to end the installation.
The driver for the connected device (in this example it is the plotter EMS-2, Format DIN A3 /
Full size) is now installed and can be used.
If you want to connect another Plotter (e.g. an EMS-eco) to your system, this process must be
repeated for the new device. However, you can use the option “Install software
automatically”
(see step 3 above).
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4. Installing the Plotter Drivers for EMS-2 or EMS-eco in Windows Vista
1. Login to your Computer using an account with administrative rights.
Important!! DO NOT connect the device to your system UNTIL the drivers are installed!
(if you have already done so, please follow the instructions of this document starting from step
8)
2. Deactivate the User Account Control. Here is how to do it:
2.1. Go to “Start > Control Panel”. Choose the Classic View (on the left side of the Window).
Click on the Icon “User Accounts”.
2.2. Click on “Turn User Account Control on or off”.
A message may appear: “Windows needs your permission to continue”.
Click on “CONTINUE”.
Then the following Window appears:
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2.3. Remove the check mark in the check box “Use User Account Control (UAC)...” and
confirm with “OK”
2.4. Reboot your system, if prompted to do so.
3. In order to continue, you must know if you are running the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version of
Windows Vista on your computer. If you are not sure, you can open the following window:
Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance > System or
Start > Control Panel > System (when using the classical view of the control panel)
On the line “System type” you can read the desired Information.
4. Open the folder “Psetup” on your Installation CD, and from there, open the sub-folder “Vista_32”
(for the 32-Bit version of Windows Vista) or “Vista_64” (for the 64-Bit version of Windows Vista).
Be sure to choose the correct version!
Start the Windows batch File “setup” by a double click on the symbol.
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5. During installation, a command-line window appears. Also, following message window pops up:
“Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software”.
Choose “Install this driver software anyway”.
6. The Installation can take about one minute. After a successful installation the command-line
window issues the following message (the text may differ slightly, depending on your Windows
Vista version):
Close the command-line window.
7. Change User Account Control settings to its original value (see step 2 above)
and restart the system.
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8. Now connect your EMS-2 or EMS-eco plotter to the system and switch on the power. Go to
“Start > Control Panel > Printers”. If the installation was successful, you will see your plotter in
the list of Printers and Faxes. The installation is finished.
If the installation was NOT successful, then the window “Found New Hardware” appears.
Click on ”Locate and install driver (recommended)”.
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9. After the following window appears, insert the installation CD into the drive and click on “Next”
10. The recognized drivers on the CD are listed.
Choose the entry …\Psetup\vista_64\ems_generic.inf (for the 64-Bit version of Windows Vista)
or …\Psetup\vista_32\ems_generic.inf (for the 32-Bit version of Windows Vista) and click on
“Next“ to start the installation.
If this list does NOT appear (or you have stored the driver files on a different location on your
computer), you can search for the driver files manually.
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10.1. Click on “I don't have the disk. Show me other options.” (in the window shown above)
When a window appears asking “Allow windows to search online....?”
Answer with “Don't search online”.
10.2. Choose “browse my computer for driver software (advanced)”
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10.3. Click on “Browse” und select the path Psetup\vista_32 or Psetup\vista-64, depending
on whether you have a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows Vista.
(To determine which Windows Vista version you have, see step 3 of this document)
Confirm with “OK” and then “Next”. The installation starts now.
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11. During the installation, the following message will appear:
“Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software”:
Choose “Install the driver software anyway”.
12. After a successful installation Windows issues the following message.
Press click on “Close” to finish the installation.
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13. Reopen the window “Control Panel > Printers”. Your plotter should now appear in the list of
Printers and Faxes.
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