Pertech 5300 User Manual

Pertech provides drivers for various operating systems. Common drivers can be downloaded off the Pertech web 

site www.pertechresources.com. For drivers not listed on the web site check with your Pertech representative for 

availability. 

For the 5300 to utilize the Pertech drivers or the USB communication interface a driver must be installed. When con-

necting the printer to a XP or 2000 Windows® operating system  use the Pertech driver available for download off 

the Pertech web site. The printer must be set into the ACL command language to function with the driver. To set the 

command language see the Diagnostic & Configuration section  in this manual. 

1. Unzip the 5300 driver package to a temporary folder.  

Make a note of where this folder is located for later.

2. If using USB,  connect the USB cable between the 

5300 printer and computer.  Then turn on the 5300.  This 

causes Windows to assign the 5300 to a Virtual USB 

Printer Port, which will need to be selected in the “Select 

Printer Port” step described below.

3. Use the “Add Printer Wizard” to install this driver on 

either Windows 2000 or Windows XP.   Find “Printers 

And Faxes” on the “Start” menu.   (Some machines may 

have this section under the sub-heading “Control Pan-

el”). Click on “Add Printer” and click “Next”.

4. Select “Local Printer” and uncheck “Automatically 

detect and install my Plug and Play printer”. Click “Next”.  

Note that unchecking “Automatically detect...” is optional, 

but speeds up the installation process.

5. To “Select a Printer Port”, pull down the drop box.  

If using USB, select the virtual USB port number for 

the printer.  If USB001 and USB002 are shown, select 

USB002.  You can always change this later.  If using 

RS-232 serial, select the appropriate COM port that the 

printer is attached and note that later you may need to 

adjust RS-232 settings.   Click “Next”.