Epson Progression 4 Product Support Bulletin

EPSON AMERICA, INC.

Product Support Bulletin

EPSON

SUBJECT:

Date: 11/5/94
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This bulletin provides additional information to allow printer driver ver 1.03E for the Stylus 400,
800+ and Color printers to complete the installation process when connected to Epson
Progression/Progression4/NX-Epson and Endeavor-WG computers in the MS Windows 3.x
environment.

When attempting to install the 1.03E printer driver the following warning message appears:

“This driver cannot he updated because it is currently being used by windows.

Wait until Windows is finished using the driver, and then try again.”

This is caused by a conflict with the Wingine 256 color video driver and the printer installation
process. The following steps will help complete the installation:

1.

Exit Windows to the DOS prompt, C:\>.

MS Windows 3.x Stylus 400/800+/Color Printer Driver problems
using the Progression/Progression4/NX-Epson/Endeavor-WG

PSB No: PSB S-0181
Originator: DS

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Change directories to Windows (Type CD\Windows ) Hit ENTER

At the C:\Windows prompt type SETUP and Hit ENTER.

After the SETUP screen appears, with the UP and DOWN arrows select the
DISPLAY line. Hit ENTER.

A BOX will appear near the bottom of the screen containing video drivers. With
the DOWN ARROW key, move through the drivers and find either a
WINGINE 32k or 64k color driver or select the Windows VGA driver.
Hit ENTER. Hit ENTER two more times to exit SETUP.

Type WIN to load Windows. In the MAIN program group find
CONTROL PANEL and double click. In CONTROL PANEL find PRINTERS
and double click. Continue with the printer installation from here.

After completing the installation, follow steps 1 through 4 to change back to
the Wingine 256 color driver you wish to use.

*NOTE: The latest version, v1.04, of the Stylus Printer Driver, file name STY104,EXE,

is available on the Epson RBBS, resolves the above issue.

EPSON AMERICA, INC. EPSON

Product Support Bulletin

Subject: Progression/Progression 4 OS/2 2.0 Display Driver
Date: 10/08/93 PSB No: S-0166

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This bulletin announces the availability of Wingine-enhanced 32-bit display drivers
for the Epson Progression and Progression 4 computers running IBM's OS/2 2.0.
The 32-bit Service Pack from IBM must be installed before installing the new display
drivers. Also, the current system configuration must be VGA or SVGA.

These drivers can be downloaded from the Epson Bulletin Board System (BBS) that
can be reached at [phone]. They are located in one self-extracting file
(WING_OS2.EXE) in file library DRIVERS. Once downloaded, extract the files to a
high-density diskette (1.44MB) by entering the command:

WING_OS2 A: or WING_OS2 B:
depending on which disk drive is being used. The diskette must have the volume

label OS2 DRVS.
To install a driver, place the Display Drivers diskette into drive A:. Open an OS/2

session, either full-screen or window, and enter the following command:

A:INSTALL A: C:

INSTALL.CMD on the driver diskette copies files to the hard drive and starts the
OS/2 Display Driver Install utility DSPINSTL, which prompts the user.

When the Display Driver Install main panel appears, the Primary Display should
indicate Video Graphics Array. If so, click OK and proceed. If VGA is not selected,
select Primary Display and click OK.

Highlight the Driver/Resolution desired and click OK.
When the Source Directory panel appears, choose the floppy drive ( A: ) which

contains the Driver diskette and click on Install.
When the main panel appears again, click on Cancel.
The new driver has been installed. You must shutdown and then re-boot your

system for the changes to take effect.
For any future driver changes, INSTALL.CMD on the driver diskette is not required.

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To change to a new driver, or return to VGA driver, simply type DSPINSTL on the
command line in an OS/2 full-screen or window session.

If you are selecting a different Wingine resolution, make sure that the Wingine
Display Driver diskette is in the floppy drive.

These drivers are not supported on the Epson NX or Progression NX, due to the use
of a different RAMDAC in those systems. Finally, only the beta version of OS/2 2.1
was tested. According to IBM the 32-bit graphics engine is the same as in the
Service Pack, so these drivers should work correctly.

EPSON AMERICA, INC. EPSON

Product Support Bulletin

Subject: Progression/Progression 4 Display Driver Upgrade Version 1.20
Date: 10/08/93 PSB No: S-0163

Page(s): 1 of 2 Originator: MWT

This bulletin announces the availability of Wingine-enhanced display drivers for the
Epson Progression and Progression 4 computers. These drivers replace the VGA
Utilities 1 and 2 diskettes that originally shipped with these computers.

The changes from the previous release are:

- Removed support for Windows 3.0

- Added Wingine support for AutoCAD Release 12

- Added support for the TI RAMDAC (used in the NX models) for Windows 3.1

- Added support for 1024 x 768 x 32K colors and 1280 x 1024 x 256 colors,
interlaced

These drivers can be downloaded from the Epson Bulletin Board System (BBS) that
can be reached at [phone]. They are located in two self-extracting files
(WINGINE1.EXE and WINGINE2.EXE) in file library DRIVERS. These contain VGA
Utilities 1 and 2, respectively. Once downloaded, extract the files to a high-density
diskette (1.44MB) by entering the command:

WINGINE1 -d A: or WINGINE1 -d B:
and
WINGINE2 -d A: or WINGINE2 -d B:
depending on which disk drive is being used. Then, follow the instructions in the

VGA Utilities Guide to correctly upgrade any existing drivers or install new ones. For
AutoCAD Release 12, please refer to PSB S-0156, Progression/Progression 4
AutoCAD Release 12 Display Driver Upgrade.

DESCRIPTION
WINGINE1.EXE contains the Chips and Technologies SETUP utility, RAMDAC.COM

(which determines whether the Brooktree or TI RAMDAC is installed) and a batch file
(SETUP.BAT) that calls RAMDAC, copies the correct OEMSETUP.INF file for the
installed RAMDAC and then calls the C&T SETUP program. It also contains all of
the Windows drivers. This diskette should not be write-protected, and is all that is
needed to install (or upgrade) Windows drivers.

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A directory of this diskette should look like:

WINDOWS <DIR> 06-10-93 3:33p
CSETUP EXE 35801 03-15-92 8:08a
SETUP SCP 14398 06-15-93 10:52a
SETUP BAT 211 06-15-93 11:03a
RAMDAC COM 143 06-10-93 4:35p

WINGINE2.EXE contains all of the non-Windows Wingine drivers. The directory for
this diskette should look like:

ACAD <DIR> 06-08-93 9:04a
CADKEY <DIR> 06-08-93 9:05a
CADVANCE <DIR> 06-08-93 9:05a
FW3 <DIR> 06-08-93 9:05a
GEM3 <DIR> 06-08-93 9:05a
LEVEL3 <DIR> 06-08-93 9:06a
LOTUS <DIR> 06-08-93 9:06a
VCAD <DIR> 06-08-93 9:06a
VESA <DIR> 06-08-93 9:06a
WORD5 <DIR> 06-08-93 9:07a
WORD55 <DIR> 06-08-93 9:07a
WP50 <DIR> 06-08-93 9:07a
WP51 <DIR> 06-08-93 9:07a
UTIL <DIR> 06-08-93 9:07a
ACAD12 <DIR> 06-08-93 9:07a