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I recently upgraded our cutter PC from Win98se to WinXP Pro. We use Corel Draw 7 to design and communicate to our SummaSign D610 on (Com1).
Now thet I've upgraded, Corel Draw no longer has the Summa option in the Print Preview (or elsewhere for that matter).
I've search the Harddrive for (.ini) driver(s) but with no luck. I found drivers on the web, but they do not have a (.ini) file with them which windows is looking for.
Any clues?
Thx, Steve & Sue
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Sue Avery Signs Kountze, Texas Posts: 14 | From: Lumberton, Texas | Registered: Nov 2003
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Bought it used a few years ago with no software. Got a software install off the web for it then when we were using Win98se. Now I find one offered by CoCut software (a driver that is) but it does not have the (.ini) file windows XP is looking for to install a printer.
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Sue Avery Signs Kountze, Texas Posts: 14 | From: Lumberton, Texas | Registered: Nov 2003
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steve 1st off XP HAS ITS OWN problems. i cut from corel 10 now and i still do most of my work from win 98SE. also have a hard drive with XP PRO and corel 10, 1st time i loaded it i couldnt get it to cut. the 2nd time i loaded xp i got it find the lpt2 and it cuts..but so slow i cant use it.....i got XP with SP1 in it. i been told not to add SP 2 by most and ive had one person tell me since he installed SP2 it works better then ever. i dont think i can be much help
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get cocut pro. u will never again see these problems
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I haven't done this, but I believe you can have BOTH Windows versions loaded in your computer at the same time. As the Windows program is loading, it gives you a choice of which version to load.
Someone else here will know better, but I believe this is a viable option.
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"Art is knowing when to stop." Posts: 1578 | From: Gettysburg, PA | Registered: Jun 2003
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Steve, I've set up our XP Home computer to be able to dual boot into Win98 just for plotting. You need to jiggle things around a bit.
I tried other alternatives, and this was the best in the long run, for us. Other than keeping a separate W98 computer just for the plotter, that is.
(by jiggle, I mean- XP has its own C drive set up as a NTFS partition, and My Docs is totally on a separate partition - D drive- set up as Fat32.
I used Partition Magic to shift the XP Cdrive 'back' down the hard disk a little and insert a Fat32 C drive at the front on which I loaded Win98se. It then has access to the My Docs drive which is also Fat32. (Win98 can't 'see' a NTFS partition normally).
It would have been better to put W98 on first & do the partitioning before XP was put on, but this is just the way it happened, and it works fine for us.
good luck!
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7016 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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We're now using a laptop runing Win98 with Corel 7. After installing CoCut Demo hoping to regain a suitable driver in the process, I proceeded to install a ROM update from Summa thru Com1(for older plotters without USB) and it installed 99% then reported FAILURE: BUY NEW ROM. (Gasp)
Shut it off, reapplied power and it came up normally asking for default language, etc. We set it, then powered it back down to unhook the Com1 cable and try a parallel port cable. Went to power it back up and.... No Display. (another gasp) We left it powered down for about 5 minutes and it came back up normally. However it was not recognized thru the parallel port. Went back to Com1 port connection and was able to get it to somewhat communicate thru CoCut. Corel 7 still does not see a plotter (no printer installed).
Thats where we are at the moment.
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Sue Avery Signs Kountze, Texas Posts: 14 | From: Lumberton, Texas | Registered: Nov 2003
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Steve, network it to a desktop box. Drive the plotter from that.
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7016 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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