Hi,
In the manual chapter “002-Connecting the printer” the sequence is out of order.
Background: If you install the FTDI VCP DRIVER (free)-driver on a Win 7 PC which have NOT had any USB FTDI-based device connected… it will not show up in the device Driver page…yet (On my computer it did not…). In this case you first have to connect the “powered” printer to get the port "installed, loaded and displayed in the Device Managers Driver list.
So
“After installing this driver you can connect the USB cable with a free USB port on your computer (do not connect the power cable of the printer, we will do this in a later stadium). And follow the steps for your operating system:” is slightly wrong.
So sequence becomes on a “fresh” Win7 machine. Run FTDI VCP DRIVER (free) Installation program… do all steps to power printer, calibrate stepper motor driver level ( the 0.42 V step)… connect to PC … (will finalize install of FTIDI VDP DRIVER (new device found)…wait for it to complete, open Device Managers driver display list … read port name)… Open Repertier… set printer settings…(use name found)… and then follow the rest.
Hope this help some… not a big problem but can be quite annoying for some…
/Peter G