Ithaca USB Device Manager

About Ithaca USB Drivers
Windows Printer
Compatibility
Move
Remove
Remove All
Refresh List
To Install the USB drivers
Command line Interface
 
 

Compatibility
 
 

These USB drivers are compatible with the following:

     POSjet 1000 printer
     Windows 2000, Windows 98 or greater
     OPOS drivers rev 1.3.09 or greater
     Windows Printer drivers 2.13 or greater on Windows 2000 and Windows Me
     Windows Printer drivers 2.15a or greater on Windows 98
     Printer configuration program 2.03 or greater
     POSPrinter OCX 1.07 or greater
     Windows XP sp1

These drivers install the USB communications layer only. They do not install the
printer "Command Translation" driver (i.e. Printer driver).  This communications layer
only install is done because there are several "command translation" drivers that can
be used. The following is a list of "Command Translation" drivers.

1. Standard Windows printer driver.
2. OPOS (OLE for Point Of Sale) driver.
3. ActiveX/OCX interface.
4. Printer Configuration.

The items in the above list must be installed as a seperate step.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Command Line Interface

Command line parameters:
 
 

FUNCTION

PARAMETER

EXAMPLE

Select USB printer

-select:

-select:ITHACA_M280 

Move to port

-moveto:

-moveto:COM7

Specify Silent mode

-s

-s

Specify Silent Error mode

-sa

-sa

Exit

-exit

-exit

Delay
-delay
-delay:500


 

Command line Examples:

usbman.exe -select:ITHACA_M280 -moveto:COM7 -exit

Specify Silent mode (Non error messages suppressed.):
usbman.exe -s

NOTE: The command line commands are executed from left to right as they appear on the command line.
 
 









 

Move

This option allows you to change the number of the virtual communication port that the printer is connected to.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Remove

This option allows you to remove this device from your system. Using this option will allow you to delete the USB driver files associated with this device. If you choose not to remove the driver files, the next time the printer is connected (or the PC is re-booted), the printer will Plug and Play and the system will reload the USB drivers.

If you choose to remove the driver files they will not be available for any other Ithaca USB devices. If you remove the driver files and reconnect the printer the system will ask for driver files. You can install an updated version of the USB driver in this manner (i.e. removing the driver files).
 
 
 
 

NOTE: If you get a message to "Unplug Device" from Windows. Click on the device with the yellow circle and exclamation, select properties, and uninstall the device. Then unplug your printer from the USB link and re plug in you printer. It should now re-install correctly.
 
 
 
 

Remove All

This option will remove all the USB drivers and USB entries in the systems registry for the Ithaca USB devices. Your Ithaca USB device(s) will no longer function after choosing this option. Choose this option when you wish to install new drivers for you USB printer.
 

NOTE: If you get a message to "Unplug Device" from Windows. Click on the device with the yellow circle and exclamation, select properties, and uninstall the device. Then unplug your printer from the USB link and re plug in you printer. It should now re-install correctly.
 
 
 
 
 

Refresh

This option will refresh the list of Ithaca USB devices that are available as communication ports for the OPOS drivers, the printer configuration program and the POSPrinter OCX.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

To Install the USB drivers:
 

  1. Ensure that USB is enabled in your system's BIOS. To verify that USB is enabled, Click on "Start", "Settings", "Control Panel". Double click "System" and select the "Device manager". If you see "Universal Serial Bus controllers" in the list, USB is enabled. Check you PC's Documentation for more information about USB if needed.
  2. Ensure that power is applied to the printer and plug in the USB cable to both the PC and printer.
  3. Follow the on screen directions. Please note that several drivers are installed in this process. Therefor the "Found new hardware" prompt will appear several times. If the system needs, direct it to the location of the USB driver install disk (usually the floppy drive).

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

About Ithaca USB Drivers
 

There is an Ithaca USB device manager installed the Windows control panel.
Use it to know the virtual comm port number for your USB printer.

On Windows 2000/Me/XP the Ithaca USB printer will be available via a
USB virtual printer port "USBxxx". This port name will be available
via the printer's property page in the printers settings. This is the
port name that must be selected when using the printer as a Windows printer.

On Windows 98 the Ithaca printer driver must be installed before the USB
virtual printer port "USBxxx" will be available.

See note below.
 

The install of these USB drivers also makes the USB device appear
as a virtual communication port (COMx). This allows the
Ithaca OPOS drivers, printer configuration, and POSPrinter OCX to
work with USB.
 

NOTE: Attempting to print to the USB printer via the virtual communication port (COMx)
is STRONGLY DISCOURAGED use the virtual printer port (USBxxx).
 
 

Definitions:

Printer Port - A port that the Windows printing subsystem uses to communicate with printers.

Communications Port - A port that applications use to communicate directly with a device
                      attached to the system.