Programming Meter Settings 7-23
April 2004
Taking a Bitmap Capture of a Current
Screen
The Snapshot option enables you to take a “screen capture” of the
current screen in bitmap format (.bmp) for display or storage in a
Windows-based PC. To take a “snapshot” of the screen:
1. From the Meter menu, scroll to the Snapshot entry and press
[ENTER].
2. A drop-down menu appears, asking if you want to send the
capture to a printer or to a file, or to turn the option off. If you
select “To File,” an icon of a camera (see page 2-10) appears
at the far right of the status tray, indicating that you have
activated the Snapshot option. If you select “To Printer,” an
icon of a printer appears.
3. To capture a screen, press the “.” (decimal) button in the lower
left corner of the keypad twice. The meter beeps, indicating
that it has made a screen capture.
The “To Printer” option enables you to send a picture of the
current screen to an infrared printer. After capturing a screen, the
PT878GC shows a message indicating that its infrared scanner is
looking for a receiving device. (If the scanner finds no device, a
window appears stating that the meter can find no device. If it
finds more than one compatible infrared device within range, it
asks you to select the desired device.) If successful, the PT878GC
returns to Operate Mode, while the printer prints out the current
screen.
To locate the screen capture with the “To File” option, open the
Drive Manager (see page 6-14). The captured file is listed as
“Screen 0X.bmp”. To transfer the file to a PC, follow the
instructions in “Transferring a File to a PC” on page 6-16.