Xerox Document Workstation with PlotWorks Support & Software User Guide

Chapter 11-2 • PlotWorks User Guide

Depending upon what hardware you are using you use a different method to setup 
your folder. Before attempting to set up your folder it is useful to know:

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What type of folder you are using

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If your folder contains the GFI option. 

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Whether the cable from the folder is connected to the printer or to a serial port 
on the computer

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If you are using the AccXES or PlotWorks Controller

Depending upon the answers to the questions above you may have to set up the 
Printer Interface to use your folder or create an FPF file. It may also be necessary 
to connect the PlotWorks Folder Cable. This is all done very easily and the 
instructions to do so are provided below. 

721p with the PlotWorks or AccXES Controller 

XEROX WIDE FORMAT 8830, 8850, or 510dp with the AccXES Controller

This set of instructions only apply if you are running the 721p or if running the 
XEROX WIDE FORMAT 8830, 8850, or 510dp with the AccXES Controller. If 
you are not running one of these printer/folder combinations, skip this section and 
move to the next subsection.

If you are running one of the printer/folder combinations listed in the previous 
paragraph, your PlotWorks shipment may include the PlotWorks Folder Cable. If 
included, follow the instructions below depending upon your hardware 
configuration. 

This hardware configuration requires the PlotWorks Folder Cable so that 
PlotWorks can communicate with the folder. Connect one end of the PlotWorks 
Folder Cable to the folder and the other to the PlotWorks computer's COM 1 serial 
port. 

It is necessary to use the PlotWorks Folder Cable to retrieve the Folder Program 
File (FPF file) with this configuration. Once the FPF file is retrieved the 
PlotWorks Folder Cable is disconnected. 

To retrieve the FPF File, follow the instructions below:

1.

Start the Printer Interface. Click on the Setup menu and then on Device