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Note: Contact Technical Support at (860) 644-6971 for other ways to verify communication
settings.
Customizing plotter setup
If your HPGL plotter does not appear in the plotter list in the Add or Delete Plotter/Router(s)
dialog box, you can use the following procedure to set up OMEGA 2.6 to communicate with the
plotter.
Before beginning, you need to gather the following information about your plotter:
♦
Plotter name
♦
Units of measurement used by the plotter – US or metric
♦
Effective plotting area (length and height)
These specifications are usually found in your plotter owner’s guide. If you cannot locate them,
contact your plotter manufacturer.
You must enter these specifications into the DEVICE.INI file on OMEGA 2.6. This file provides
the GSPPlot program with information about the plotter so that GSPPlot knows how to control
the plotter and how much plotting area is available.
To enter plotter information into DEVICE.INI
1
Using a text editor such as Windows Notepad, open the file called
c:\GSP\SOFTWARE\DEVICE.INI. (Under List Files of Type, be sure that you have
chosen All Files.)
2
Scroll through the file until you find the [plotters] section.
3
Locate the following line, and copy and paste it at the end of the list:
HPGLTEMP=9999,1.016,0,13.00,59,3,1.0,1.0,com2:
You will be changing some of the values in the line you just pasted. However, the following
values in that line do NOT change:
9999
(at the beginning) and
59,3,1.0,1.0,com2:
(at the end).
Note: If the plotter supports, the PG command (Page Advanced), type 68 in place of 59.
To add a plotter name
1
Highlight the word HPGLTEMP.
2
Type the model name of the plotter you are adding.
To change the programmable resolution to metric
1
Highlight 1.016.
2
Type 2.54.
Note: Be sure this value is entered correctly for your plotter or shapes may plot larger or
smaller than they should.