Manual installation
Add printer
If you need to install SoftCopy manually for some reason (for
example, if the automatic setup did not work for you), please
follow these simple steps:
- Open the "Devices and Printers" window from the Start
Menu.
- Select "Add a local printer".
- Select "LPT1" as your printer port. It does not matter which
physical port you use, since SoftCopy is a virtual printer driver
and does not write anything to the physical port.
- Windows will display a list of known printers for you to
choose. Click on the "Have Disk..." button instead.
- Windows will now ask you for the location of the printer driver
you wish to install. Select the directory where you installed the
SoftCopy distribution (eg. C:\Program Files\SoftCopy).
This directory should contain the file softcopy.inf and
various DLL files. Then click "OK".
- Click "Next" to install the SoftCopy virtual printer
driver.
- Click "Next" to accept the default printer name.
- Click "Finish" to complete the installation.
- Select "Install this driver software anyway" if you encounter
this message.
- You should now see the newly-installed SoftCopy virtual printer
in the "Printers and Faxes" window. Right-click on the icon and
select "Printing Preferences...".
- The "SoftCopy Settings" page allows you to set default print
settings for all Windows applications. Please refer to SoftCopy settings for more information
about individual settings.
Note that scagent.exe also needs to be running in the
active session before SoftCopy can function correctly. For more
information, please refer to SoftCopy
Agent.
Remove printer
To remove SoftCopy from Windows, perform these simple steps:
- Open the "Devices and Printers" window from the Start
Menu.
- Right-click on the SoftCopy printer icon and select "Remove
device".