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Getting Started
Adding Output Devices
ImageRIP is installed) or the Add or Delete Plotter/Router(s) dialog box. Follow the
installation procedures later in this chapter.
3
If you are not adding an inkjet printer, click Close to display the Add or Delete
Plotter/Router(s) dialog box. Follow the installation procedures later in this chapter.
Installing vinyl printers
OMEGA allows you to install three types of vinyl printers:
♦
Local (Parallel or USB-to-Parallel)
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Remote
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Network (Gerber MAXX 2 or GERBER EDGE FX)
Local vinyl printers
GERBER EDGE and EDGE 2 vinyl printers can be connected to the OMEGA computer via a
parallel cable or USB-to-Parallel cable.
At this time, Windows Vista 64-bit does not support OMEGA parallel port usage.
Therefore
you cannot communicate with a GERBER EDGE or EDGE 2 printer via a parallel port when
using Windows Vista 64-bit. Gerber recommends that you use Vista 32-bit or upgrade to a
GERBER EDGE FX which communicates via an Ethernet cable. Alternately, you can render on a
Vista 64-bit system and output to a GERBER EDGE or EDGE 2 using a separate OMEGA Plot
Station installed on a Windows XP or 2000 computer. See the compatibility chart on page 8 for
details.
Note the following restrictions for communicating with the GERBER EDGE or EDGE 2:
♦
GERBER EDGE – parallel cable, generic USB-to-Parallel cable, or GERBER
custom
USB-
to-Parallel cable
♦
GERBER EDGE 2 – parallel cable or GERBER
custom
USB-to-Parallel cable
Installing a local vinyl printer using a parallel cable
This section describes connecting the local vinyl printer using a parallel cable. See “Installing a
local vinyl printer via USB” for additional instructions on connecting using a USB-to-Parallel
cable.
To add a local vinyl printer via a parallel cable
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Open the Add or Delete Gerber Vinyl Printer(s) dialog box using one of the methods
on page 33. The Local tab displays.
