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If you are looking to use your FastbackP31 PowisPrinter with your computer you are going to need to set it upand install the PowisPrinter software. This article is designed tooutline the system requirements, connections and installationinstructions for getting your PowisPrinter set up and running with yourcomputer. Once your printer is set up and installed you with then beable to print your own custom fonts, titles and graphics on your PowisParker Fastback binding strips. System Requirements The PowisPrinter and its software were actually developed quite sometime ago. As such the minimum requirements for the software are farbelow the standards for most current computers. According to PowisParker the minimum requirements are a 486/Pentium computer, 16MB ofRam, 20MB of Hard Drive space, a 17" monitor, a mouse, a serial portand a windows 95/98/NT/XP computer. Of these requirements, there areonly two that users may need to worry about. Many new computers may notcome with a serial port since most new devices use USB. Users without aserial port should be able to use a USB to serial port adapter that youcan find at most local computer stores. The other concern is that manynew computers come loaded with Windows Vista. In our testing thePowisPrint software did not work in Windows Vista. This is something tobe aware of at least until Powis comes out with a new version of theirsoftware. Connecting the PowisPrinter to Your Computer The Fastback P31 PowisPrinter is designed to be connected to yourcomputer using a standard 9 pin serial cable (included with theprinter). As we noted above, some computers no longer have serial portsincluded. You may need to invest in a USB to Serial port conversioncable. In order to connect the PowisPrinter to your computer you willneed to unplug the keyboard from the unit. You won't need the keyboardusing this configuration since you will use your computer to create thetitles. Installing the PowisPrint Software After your computer is connected to the PowisPrinter you will need toinstall the new PowisPrint software. In order to run this software youwill need to make sure that your display resolution is set to at least800 x 600. There aren't many users who run at resolutions lower thanthis anymore but at lower resolutions the software won't run. Toactually start the installation process just insert the CD into yourmachine, the installer should start automatically. If it doesn't startautomatically you can browse to the CD and run the setup.exe file.Follow the onscreen installation instructions and the software shouldbe installed in a few minutes. It will even create an icon inside thePrograms section of the start menu. The first time that you go to run the software you will need to specifythe COM port associated with the Serial port that the printer isattached to. More than likely the printer will be attached to COM1 orCOM2 (higher ports are usually reserved for modems). If you aren't surewhich port to use, you might be able to check in your windows devicemanager. Otherwise you could just try one and then change the settinglater if it doesn't work. If you are using a USB to serial port adapteryou might need to check the instructions that came with the adapter todetermine the COM port that it uses. After you have connected the printer and installed the software, youshould be ready to begin designing high quality printed Fastbackstrips. Using the PowisPrint software you can produce far moreelaborate designs that are possible with the PowisPrinter keyboard. Youcan even use your own fonts and graphics on the strips. Try it out foryourself. The possibilities are almost endless. Article Tags: Powisprint Software, Serial Port
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