This section provides instructions on how to set up your PC to work with Print Master with respect to the BayTech software (if you intend to use it) and special considerations when connecting your PC in serial.
If you intend to use the RAMEXEC or RAMTSR hot key programs to select between multiple peripherals, you would typically add the command C:>RAMEXEC or C:>RAMTSR to your PC's AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The subdirectory created by running the INSTALL program should be included in the PATH command. If using the WNDEXEC program for Microsoft Windows, you should follow the step by step instructions in the README file created by running the INSTALL program. Please see Section 4.2 for INSTALL instructions.
NOTE: All users that wish to use the hot key software should have a copy of the program on their PC's hard drive. You may copy RAMEXEC (or RAMTSR) from a PC that has already configured this program using SETUP (or SETUPCFG) onto other PCs.
If connecting your PC to Print Master in serial, you would typically reroute the parallel output to the serial port via the DOS command C:>MODE LPTx:=COMy:, where x=1, 2, or 3 and y=1 or 2. This command should be included in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. If you have a local parallel printer connected to your PC, you would not include this command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Instead, you would have your applications software direct output to LPTx to print to the local printer or COMy to send print jobs to Print Master.
NOTE: If you have a local parallel printer connected to your PC and you wish to use RAMEXEC (or RAMTSR), set up the local printer to use LPT1 and RAMEXEC (or RAMTSR) to use LPT2. Then, you would add the command MODE LPT2:=COMy: to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file (where y = 1 or 2).
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