Installing GX-640 as Printer

[ImpactSignCo]

Hi everyone,
So we upgraded our computer, and everything is running perfectly, except for the fact that I cannot remember how I set up my Camm-1 Pro GX-640 vinyl cutter as a printer in Windows, instead of an unspecified printer. I have tried uninstalling the device and re-installing with the downloaded driver information from the Roland website, but it still comes up as an unspecified device instead of a printer. I know to set it up in Versaworks and have them both run from there, it needs to be specified as a printer, I just cannot remember how to get to that point.
Any help is much appreciated.

 

[jtinker]

the drivers should have come with the printer

 

[CS-SignSupply]

[h=3]Article Title[/h]How to install a Roland driver in Windows 7 and Windows Vista
[h=3]Symptom[/h]How to install a Roland driver in Windows 7 and Windows Vista
[h=3]Cause[/h]Instructions on how to install drivers
[h=3]Solution[/h]To install a Roland driver in Windows 7 or Windows Vista, please follow these procedures:

Click here for the PDF version of these instructions.
Click here to see a video version of these instructions.

 

[ImpactSignCo]

I have the drivers, that's not the problem. When the drivers are installed, it shows on my machine as being an unspecified device. What I need is it to show as an actual printer, and I know there is a way to do it, I just cannot remember...

 

[P Wagner]

If that is Windows 10 (I'm guessing that it is), Roland has not updated their drivers for this OS yet. They might have a procedure to install the driver using the driver for older versions of Windows, you'd need to get with Roland support for this.

 

[ImpactSignCo]

It is indeed Windows 10, and it keeps telling me that it cannot find the file specified, after following the instructions. It's weird though, I was able to set up our XR-640 with no issues...

 

[P Wagner]

It's not weird at all. RIP-based large-format printers do not need Windows-based drivers, because they use the driver in the RIP. The Roland cutter needs a driver to be seen by the OS.

 

[ImpactSignCo]

That makes a lot of sense. I will try and get a hold of Roland support to see if there is a work around. If I come up with anything, I will post it here also.

 

[Tizz]

Was your old computer a 32bit? And new computer a 64bit?

I run an older Roland cutter on a 32bit pc and set up the cutter as a printer. Just like what your thinking of.

I installed this by going in to printers then 'add printer', locate the Roland cutter driver and install.

Hope this helps!

 

[ImpactSignCo]

Got it fixed and figured out. Roland called me back today and was able to get it going in Versaworks. Everyone's suggestions were 100% on point here, I apparently just had the wrong driver. I downloaded it from the Roland Support website, so not sure how I got the wrong one.
The website the tech directed me to was here:
http://download.rolanddg.jp/en/cutting.html#win864dricamm1
If anyone is having similar problems, hope this helps. Thanks everyone.

 

[sydpos]

Thanks for the very helpful link!