Vantage pro & Printing

[Dryan]

New user here, having problems printing, I have learned how to save the image but I can't print it from the VP, I have to remove the CF-2 card and load it into the PC then print.

Do I have to have shopscreen connect to do this?

[Witsend]

I'm thinking you should download SSC for free and it will supply the Anally Proprietary Double Top Secret Driver ID that Windows is looking for, but be aware it might be able to detect you are running a Bootleg Version of Alldata or MOD repair software and throw a SO wrench into the works of that and have SO tool truck , FBI, and police knocking on your shop's door to confiscate your computer.

[Crusty]

New user here, having problems printing, I have learned how to save the image but I can't print it from the VP, I have to remove the CF-2 card and load it into the PC then print.

Do I have to have shopscreen connect to do this?

Just stick a USB stick in it (before you turn it on.....you`ll see the USB stick light blip when it recognizes the USB is in there)
Go to Manage files
MOVE all files to the recognized device (you can select the files to save to the USB)
Download ShopStream Connect (It is a FABULOUS program-!!! I wouldn't have even CONSIDERED SnapOn equipment without it-!!)
ALL I use Shop Stream Connect for is viewing the movies....

Make a folder you want to store the files in (so YOU can find them later)
Drag N Drop the files into the folder from the USB stick (including the movies).
Don`t bother fumbling around with `connect to PC``


You can set the machine to SAVE TO...USB instead of CF-card
You can set the machine to SAVE AS jpg instead of bitmap

ANY Windows computer can display the jpg files just in windows viewer
Just about any printer can print the displayed jpg file too.

It really is easy....even for an old fart like ME-

The Solus-PRO and the Vantage-PRO are really very easy to use pieces of kit.
I wish the Solus-ULTRA was as friendly....

[Crusty]

You might have to go down to a one gig usb stick, or 500MB
No problems with Lexar, Kingston and SnaDisk as long as they`re small enough

[Dryan]

I see nothing in the user's manual about SSC being required for the tool to print. Connecting the tool to a PC doe's require it.

In printer setup I have only 4 printer choice's , my printer is not on the list
(hp psc 1210v). Maybe it's not compatable.

Still learning how to walk here!

I did get a usb keyboard to work.

[Crusty]

I see nothing in the user's manual about SSC being required for the tool to print. Connecting the tool to a PC doe's require it.

In printer setup I have only 4 printer choice's , my printer is not on the list
(hp psc 1210v). Maybe it's not compatable.

Still learning how to walk here!

I did get a usb keyboard to work.

Just set up the machine to save your files to USB and take them to the PC
Playback the movies you make with SSC
View and print the JPG's very very easily from the computer.....AND...your files will always be stored for future reference

[Dryan]

Just stick a USB stick in it (before you turn it on.....you`ll see the USB stick light blip when it recognizes the USB is in there)
Go to Manage files
MOVE all files to the recognized device (you can select the files to save to the USB)
Download ShopStream Connect (It is a FABULOUS program-!!! I wouldn't have even CONSIDERED SnapOn equipment without it-!!)
ALL I use Shop Stream Connect for is viewing the movies....

Make a folder you want to store the files in (so YOU can find them later)
Drag N Drop the files into the folder from the USB stick (including the movies).
Don`t bother fumbling around with `connect to PC``


You can set the machine to SAVE TO...USB instead of CF-card
You can set the machine to SAVE AS jpg instead of bitmap

ANY Windows computer can display the jpg files just in windows viewer
Just about any printer can print the displayed jpg file too.

It really is easy....even for an old fart like ME-

The Solus-PRO and the Vantage-PRO are really very easy to use pieces of kit.
I wish the Solus-ULTRA was as friendly....

OK, I installed the SSC and it works.
In tool setup I chose "USB" to save files.
I moved 2 files from tool to usb now installed in tool.
removed usb from tool and installed in PC usb.
opened SSC and it recognized usb and the 2 files were there (movies) and they worked.

Need to do some recording and snap shots for practice. re-naming, ect.


I may have got the folder bassackwards though. I made a folder on the usb stick.

Thanks for the push

[Crusty]

OK, I installed the SSC and it works.
In tool setup I chose "USB" to save files.
I moved 2 files from tool to usb now installed in tool.
removed usb from tool and installed in PC usb.
opened SSC and it recognized usb and the 2 files were there (movies) and they worked.

Need to do some recording and snap shots for practice. re-naming, ect.


I may have got the folder bassackwards though. I made a folder on the usb stick.

Thanks for the push

EXCELLENT-!!
Steps in the right direction (I think)
Hook it up and when you see a trace on the screen, hit the stylized "S" button and it should save the screen.
You can setup the "S" button to do lots of things but I like the default setting where it immediately saves the screen.
Now you'll have either a bitmap or a jpg depending on your setting which you can choose.

Just use the one folder on the USB stick. It'll probably say "USER" and then "DATA". Every file will have a Date/time stamp within itself and you can just take the USB stick to your PC and then create your own folders in there. Drag-N-Drop the files that you made as you worked on a vehicle, say from 8:30 to 9:15, into whatever folder you choose to sort and permanently save them.

Make the folders whatever makes sense to you. I use Customer Name, then within that Vehicle year and model, then within that I add Engine, Transmission, ABS, etc etc.

The USB stick will only hold 500 files in it's folder as Microsoft limits the number of files that can be kept in one folder to 500.
Do your work, save away, copy to PC, back them up somewhere else, clear the USB stick.......and you're set to review the files on a full size monitor and you're also ready for the next vehicle.

HTH