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Casmate Pro – Plotting to a USB Port?
I am still using old software (Casmate) to do my vinyl cutting. I would like to be able to use this to drive the plotter function of my Cadet printer (as a back up in case my existing plotter which is nearly 12 years old should pack in). My problem is when trying to configure Casmate to drive a different plotter there is no USB port seen in the menu (My cadet connects to my PC via a usb port). Casmate sees the ports available as LPT1, COM1 COM2. Is there a way I can get Casmate to send the plot file to a USB port?
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Phill, what about trying a USB to serial converter??????
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I think he has got the USB port and connected through that, it’s just the software is that old it doesn’t know what a USB port is 😀
I am sure in Windows you can redirect and assign LPT output to virtual USB, so the software still thinks it is sending it to LPT1 but Windows redirects it to the USB port…… so I have heard :lol1:
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yeah, but the software will output to a serial port ………….. so the converter will take the info from the serial and output it to the USB.
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Marcella, I think those USB serial converters work the other way, they are for computers with only USB ports and they give you a serial port.
Doesn’t the Cadet have a serial port anyway? Is it just USB?
Come on Phill shed some light
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quote David-Foster-:I think he has got the USB port and connected through that, it’s just the software is that old it doesn’t know what a USB port is 😀Yes- That’s the problem David.
quote David-Foster-:I am sure in Windows you can redirect and assign LPT output to virtual USB, so the software still thinks it is sending it to LPT1 but Windows redirects it to the USB port…… so I have heard :lol1:That would solve it – Any idea how I configure windows to re-direct LPT1 ouptut to USB?
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Try this Phill…
Make sure your Cadet Printer is shared
Open the DOS command window and at the prompt, type:
NET USE LPT1: \\computerName\PrinterSharedName
Exit the command prompt window…
Open Casmate and print to LPT1.
😉
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Thanks David.
I’m at home now so I can’t try it until I get back to work tomorrow. I’ll let you know how I get on 😀
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