Agilent Technologies E4406A Using Print and Print Setup Functions, Printing a Displayed Screen

Using System Features

Using Print and Print Setup Functions

Using Print and Print Setup Functions

Keys in the Print Setup menus enable you to print displayed screen images to a variety of printers, as a file in a variety of formats to the C: drive flash memory, or to the built-in floppy disk drive. The Print key is used to execute choices made in the Print Setup menus.

Printing a Displayed Screen

1.Connect a compatible printer via the parallel port on the rear panel.

2.Press Print Setup, then toggle the Print To key to select Printer.

3.Press Printer Type, then select Custom.

4.Press Define Custom, then select a Language, either PCL3 or PCL5. (In general, modern laser printers use PCL5 while inkjet printers use PCL3.)

5.Select Color Printer Yes / No depending on the capability of the printer.

6.If your printer uses PCL5 you can select Orientation, then Portrait or Landscape as appropriate. The orientation feature is unavailable with PCL3 printers, which always default to portrait orientation.

7.Toggle Color Print - On/Off to enable or disable color printing once the Color Printer key (see above) is set to Yes.

8.Toggle Prints /Page (1 or 2) to select to print either one image (in portrait orientation) covering half a page, or two images (in portrait orientation), each covering half the page.

9.Press the Print key. A copy of the current display screen will be sent to the printer according to the parameters set above.

10.If you want to reprint the most recently printed page, press Reprint.

11.If you want to eject a page from a compatible printer, toggle More (1 of 2), then Eject Page.

12.If a printer failure occurs (for example, if the printer hangs up), press Reset Printer. It may also be necessary to cycle printer power.

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