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MICRO CADAM CALCOMP PLOTTER DRIVER
October 17, 1988
CalComp Plotter Driver
INTRODUCTION:
The MICRO CADAM ccp.sys driver supports the CalComp PCI plotter
language. The current version of this driver has a filesize of
14728 and is dated 9/9/88. This driver supports the CalComp
1023, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1075, and 1077 pen plotters
as well as the CalComp 5700 and 5800 series electrostatic
plotters. Please check the MICRO CADAM Official Hardware Support
List to verify which of these plotters are supported by MICRO
CADAM.
The ccp.sys driver is installed in the config.sys file in the
root directory of the workstation's c: drive by using the
following statement:
device=c:\mcadam\ccp.sys
The ccp.sys driver should be the only output device driver
installed in the config.sys file. For more information on
installation please see the MICRO CADAM Installation Guide.
DRIVER SPECIFIC INFORMATION:
CalComp plotters do not supply paper size information to the
workstation. This must be done using the DOS environmental
variable:
SET PAPER_SIZE=wxh
where w is the width of the paper in whole number of inches and h
is the height of the paper in whole number of inches. For best
results w and h should correspond to the width and height values
of the particular MICRO CADAM model's plot data. The default
paper size is for an E size sheet.
SET NFRAMES=x
where x is the number of 45 inch long frames desired. Using
NFRAMES provides the capability to do long plots or multiple
frame plots. Techniques used to achieve long plots result in a
loss of resolution plot which is proportional to the number of
NFRAMES. Therefore, the smallest number of frames required to
fit the entire drawing should be used.
SET ELECTR=YES
is used when plotting to the CalComp electrostatic plotters.
OPERATION FOR REDIRECTION OF OUTPUT:
The addition DOS environmental variable CCP may be used to
redirect output to any valid DOS filename, any valid DOS device
names (ie. COM1, COM2, LPT1, LPT2), or an incremented filename
convention.
examples:
SET CCP=filename
SET CCP=COM1
SET CCP=LPT1
SET CCP=*
The last example causes the creation of CalComp plot files in the
local directory of your hard disk. This file is named
cpltfile.n, where n is an integer which is incremented from 1
each time a new model is plotted.
Any of the environmental DOS variables discussed above may be
added to the autoexec.bat file in the root directory of the
workstation's c: drive or may be entered at any time from the DOS
prompt. Typing SET followed by the ENTER key will display all
current DOS environment settings.