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DTG RipPro Port Conguration The Rip software uses two printer entities and the Epson driver to print your jobs. The process is displayed in Figure 1. In order for it to work 

properly, Windows must see the Epson printer and the Powerrip Output Queue on the same port. This document shows how to align ports on

Windows XP and Windows 7. Vista is the same as XP.

Figure 1

Step 1: Open Printers and Faxes (XP), Printers (Vista), or Devices and

Printers (7). If the link is not in the Start Menu, it will be located in Control

Panel. See Figures 2A(XP), 2B(7).

Figure 2A

Figure 2B

Step 2: Open the Rip Software. Click the

Inputs button. See Figure 3. Locate your

DTG printer in the Hot Folders section. You

should only have your printer listed, and

the name may be slightly dierent. In this

case, the HM1 is listed as the KIOSK-MH.

 Then look at the Intended Output Section.

Under Output Queue, take note of thenumber of the listed Powerrip Output

Queue. In this case it is Powerrip Output

Queue 1. Figure 3

Step 3: Locate the Epson driver in the

Printers screen. Right-click it, and choose

Properties (XP, Vista, Figure 4A), or Printer

Properties (7, Figure 4B).

NOTE: Windows 7 combines printers that

are on the same port. In Figure 4B, theFrontier Zx is another printer on the same

port. Always look for the arrows that give

you sub-menus, and make sure that you are

selecting the correct printer.

Figure 4A

Figure 4B

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Step 4: Determine which

port Windows has assigned

to the Epson driver. On XP

(Figure 5A), hover your

mouse over the name of 

the checked port, and the

yellow box will tell you

which number. On Vista

and 7 (Figure 5B), it isusually easy to tell, but

hovering your mouse over

the port name works there,

as well.

Figure 5A Figure 5B

Step 5: Open the Properties for the Powerrip Output Queue number you determined in Step 2 Figure 6A). Remember in Windows 7 you may have

to navigate through sub-menus to get to the correct Output Queue’s properties (Figure 6B).

Figure 6A

Figure 6B

Step 6: Select the

same number USB

port as you found in

the Epson driver, as

shown in Figure 7A. Then once selected,

click Apply (as has

been done in Figure

7B). Then click OK to

close the Properties

window.

Figure 7A Figure 7B

Step 7: In order to get Windows to recognize the change, unplug the

USB cable from either the printer or the computer for 15 seconds.

 Then plug it back in. On Windows XP and Vista you will see the Epson

Printer and the Powerrip Output Queue dim, and then light up

together when you re-insert the USB cable.

On Windows 7, the Epson will dim when you unplug the USB cable,

but when you plug it back in, only the Epson printer OR the Powerrip

Ouput Queue will light up, and the other will disappear. This is

because 7 groups the printers together, since they are on the sameport. In order to access features such as the Epson Maintenance menu

(for Nozzle Checks), right-click the Epson or the Queue, and navigate

through the sub-menus, as in Figure 8.

Figure 8