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I upgraded my puter to Win ME, and found that the driver for my cutter doesn't work with this version Windows, and Roland isn't going to upgrade their drivers.
Any ideas on what would be the best route to go ? I have heard that I can use the Winline Plus driver with Win ME, but I don't know anything about this program - ease of use, etc.
I have been cutting directly out of corel w/o a bridge program, so I really don't know anything about bridge programs. I don't know if Winline Plus acts more like a bridge or just a normal driver.
What do you guys think ?
Thanks
Amy Billings T-Shirt Express Asheville, NC
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You have to download it. Then you have to run the .exe program. This will extract all the files. Then you run the install program. That will install the correct dirver. With Windows ME you can't install the printer driver in the usual manner using "start, settings, printers, add new printer" you must use the Roland install program.
Just to make sure that your cutter is supported, I just downloaded the driver file and extracted it. The "readme" file says that the PNC 1100 is supported.
------------------ Dave Grundy AKA "applicator" on mIRC "stickin' sticky stuff to valuable vessels and vehicles!" in Granton, Ontario, Canada 1-519-225-2634 dave.grundy@quadro.net www.quadro.net/~shirley
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Oh Joe!!!!!!!!..just go back to Win 3.0!!!! I know ya love it!..as a matter of fact ya love DOS too!!!!!!
I have a DOS based sign program that you'd love..complete with a dongle (gotta love them stupid things!!!! Why would anyone in their right mind let a 'dongle' control what they do???????)
Anyway..If ya want this DOS program, complete with "dongle", I'll bring it down to the Duck Soup meet and ya can buy me a beer to buy it! LOL.
By the way..I have it in two formats. 3.5" floppies and 5.25" floppies..Do you still have a 5.25" floppy drive Joe? Or is it now only 3.5"? LOL
OOps..personal question I guess!!!!!!!!!!! LOL LOL LOL
Sorry! hehehehehehehehehehehehe
Just kiddin ya buddy..BUT I Do have the prog if ya want it. Just to archive it.
------------------ Dave Grundy AKA "applicator" on mIRC "stickin' sticky stuff to valuable vessels and vehicles!" in Granton, Ontario, Canada 1-519-225-2634 dave.grundy@quadro.net www.quadro.net/~shirley
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Kind of interesting how this whole thing worked out.
Indeed, Roland's web site does show the pnc 1100 under Win ME drivers. However, when I downloaded it and installed it, it still wouldn't work.
Call Roland (????? have I lost my mind ?????) Explained the problem to them and they said it was no problem for WIN ME, and they would have to charge me $25 for a tech support call. No problem, I said, as long as it will work. They assured me it would.
So after they took my money, the tech guy called me back, and after I told HIM the problem, the first thing he said was, "Oh, that plotter won't work with WIN ME". Boy was I thrilled.
Eventually, he told me they had known of a FEW cases where they got it to work with WIN ME, so we gave it a try.
Interestly, he had me go back to the OLD driver on the web site, the one that says it is for WIN 95/98 -NOT the one for WIN ME. Go figure !!!! And then, we changed a printer setting in the BIOS on my puter and............ the Roland is humming along again, with, indeed, WIN ME !!!
Hey Joe, I heard it was you (not a shark) that bit that kid's arm off yesterday in Langdon Beach because the kid used WIN ME instead of WIN 98. Is that true ??????
When/where is the next letterhead meet in the Southeast ? (I hope it is not Langdon Beach.)
Amy
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wernt me amy.....i stay the hell outa those waters....dont like any an-i-mule that got more teeth then me....and i love my pnc-1100..runnin on win 95B and win 98a....no problems....cuts like a dream....now that i discovered what a 60 degree blade wil do...
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Yea, I like mine too. It's a nice little machine. One of these days I'm gonna have to look for another one, though - I bought the larger one thinking I would use it, and all I ever do is small stuff we do jerseys and stuff - not signs) - and I could put it in a more convenient spot if it was just a little bit shorter.
But it is a great machine, no doubt.
Amy
ps: Glad to hear it wasn't you who bit the kid.
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Amy- I just upgraded to WIN ME. I never even loaded my Camm-1 PNC960 drivers and it is running fine. Don't ask me why or how but absolutley no drivers were ever loaded. Go Figure!
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key word here is UPGRADE...i did the same thing with my laptop...loaded win95B, then loaded all drivers and programs....then UPGRADED TO WIN 98A...this way it uses the drivers that were installed and unchanged by win 98A files...
------------------ joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-944-5060 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND
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