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Appendix A: USB Driver Installation58
A760 Two-Color Thermal/Impact Hybrid Printer: User Guide 189-9200303 Rev. D A760-D100 10/04
The RS-232C Emulation USB solution
The TPG, Inc. RS-232C Emulation USB solution eliminates any cost associated with porting
applications to USB by implementing a USB solution that emulates standard RS-232C serial
communication. Application developers only have to direct their software to the virtual
RS-232C serial port created by the TPG, Inc. RS-232C Emulation USB driver to use the printer.
The RS-232C emulation is accomplished by the use of Edgeport drivers, provided under
license to TPG, Inc. from Inside Out Networks. You need the correct model of TPG, Inc. printer
to work with this driver solution.
Installing the RS-232C USB printer driver
If you have any difficulties installing the driver or operating the printer after installation, look
in Appendix A: USB Driver Installation, “USB driver installation troubleshooting” page 62.
Download the driver
Printer drivers are available for download from TPG, Inc.’s corporate Web site. The host
computer must have Internet access in order to install the drivers. Keep in mind that, as TPG,
Inc. continues to improve its customer relations, the architecture of the Web site may change.
1 Using your preferred Web browser, go to http://
www.TPGprinters.com.
2 Go to the Service & Support section off the main
page.
3 Go to the Downloads section.
4 In the pull-down menu, select “A760,” then
click continue.
5 Scroll down for “A760 Win [xx] RS232 Emulation USB
Drivers”, where [xx] = {“95”, “98 & Me”, “NT”, “2000
& XP”} and click View Detail. Then click To
Continue to download the driver.
6 Run the *.EXE that you have downloaded and
expand the files to a directory.
Install the driver
1 Turn on the host computer.
2 Turn on the printer.
Windows 95/98/Me/XP/NT/2000
1 Go to the location where you downloaded the driver.
Double-click on the downloaded driver file.
2 The computer will prompt that a new device has been
detected. When you are given a chance to select the
driver, point the installation wizard to the files you
expanded from the downloaded file.
3 The printer beeps when the USB device has been
recognized.
Note: When a native USB solution is used, the
diagnostic printout will show either: “USB Driver
Type: TPG, Inc.” or “USB Driver Type: Printer Class”.
When the RS-232C USB Emulation is used, no driver
type is shown.