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DirectCut Cutter Driver

Title: DirectCut Printer Driver Version 2.08e latest Tested 2-5-10
for all cutters, centra, dfs and axxis and all versions of windows xp, vista or 7 (32 or 64 bit)

Title: DirectCut Printer Driver Version 2.08c latest Tested 1-4-10
for all cutters, centra, dfs and axxis and for all versions of windows xp, vista or 7 (32 or 64 bit)


Former version of printer driver are below. These versions are cutter and os dependant.

If your cutter communcation ports look like this use this driver.

Title: DirectCut Printer Driver Version 2.07d latest Tested 10-22-9
Vista 32 bit, XP, 2000 Does not work on windows xp,vista,7 64 bit

If your cutter communcation port look like this use this driver.

Title: DirectCut Printer Driver Version 2.06e stable Tested 2-2-9
Vista 32 bit, XP, 2000 Does not work on Windows xp,Vista,7 64 bit

Revision 2.0 is a major change to the printer driver. Due to a change that Microsoft made, the embedded spooler no longer is reliable in sending data to the cutter. As a result, an error may appear on your display (e.g. E056). This revised printer driver works around Microsoft's new problem by incorporating its own spooler. Additional improvements were also made in the installation process.

Abstract: This printer driver has been tested with CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, Flexisign, Signlab, Gerber Omega,and PowerCAD. This driver does not work with bitmapped programs like, Paint and Freehand. Allows printing directly from windows vector graphics programs without requiring additional software purchases. Note: Requires ownership of Allen Datagraph Equipment to use. Requires: Windows XP or Windows 2000.

Features: Interface with 32 bit and 16 bit vector graphics programs. Multiple copies, Step and Repeat, Space between jobs, combining polygons, loop direction control, mirroring, image rotation, Smart mark interface, object sorting, weed border, multipen output to sand blaster, adjustable minimum vector length, step and repeat, unroll before plot, Set Template Media, end point selection, rubber mode (pen then cut), output force/velocity per pen. Adobe Print Plug-in/Script for Adobe Illustrator 10, cs, cs2, cs3 (2.04a) for large object printing. Corel Print and Corel Print for CorelDraw 10 to x4. (2.06d)

New functionality in build 17: (Improve Driver Install, Improve Unroll before job to allow setting a different velocity and setting template media, Improve performance for importing data from Illustrator, Increase max length for Illustrator from 129 to 258 inch limit on length, Allow specifying tool up velocity from driver)

New functionality in build 20a. Fix installation so Adobe plug-in is installed in Illustrator CS2 directory to support Adobe Illustrator CS2.

Build 1.22 replaces unroll media and set template material printer options with unroll count. Allows output page sizes up to 85' from AllenTile

How to install: Download file, Run Setup, Read installation instructions by clicking on DirectCut Help file on desktop.

Title: using cross over lan cable
Abstract: Default IP address in build 8 software for MMC causes crossover connection between PC and MMC cutters to malfunction. Changing the IP address in the MMC to a non-APIPA address, allows reconnection by windows software without rebooting windows operating system.

Title: Units of Measure
Abstract: This TSB is written to help international users to change between US units of measure and metric units of measure. Last update 10-18-7

Title: Using AutoCAD with Allen Printer Driver
Abstract: AutoCAD defaults to pen widths greater than 1 pixel wide. This causes the GDI (Graphic Display Interface) in Windows to send a graphic image to the printer driver instead of cosmetic lines. In order to use the Allen printer driver you must set the plotted pen width to 0. Last update 12-18-2

Title:Communication Failure with Remote Panel Caused by Printer Driver
Abstract: All windows printer drivers grab hold of the COM port and keep programs that talk directly to com port from working. Symptoms: E56, funny characters on LCD display, plots not finishing, slow send. Using COMx.DOS fixes this issue. Last update 7-14-3

Title: Using Corel Print , Corel Draw or Tiling with Corel , Flexisign, Adobe Print or Adobe Objects modified with Effects Menu, and Gerber Omega with Allen Printer Driver Abstract: These program have 16-bit graphics drivers and the Allen Datagraph Cutter driver is a 32-bit driver. This difference in technology requires some care in getting the two programs to work together. Last update 6-16-4

Title: Plotting Drawings Larger Than Windows Maximum Page Size with Allen Printer Driver Abstract: A tutorial using various cad systems to cut a drawing larger than the maximum paper size allowed by Windows. (PowerCad, CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, AutoCad 2002) Last update 11-15-4

Title: Directory Selection for output file requests.
Abstract: When writing files from some cad programs to the printer driver the output file request does not allow a directory selection. This TSB shows how to create a shared directory and mount it on a drive letter to simplify output file directory selection. 9-15-4

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