Saving Waveforms and Setups
TDS 684A, TDS 744A, & TDS 784A User Manual 3–123
Landscape Format Portrait Format
Figure 3–71: Hardcopy Formats
4. Press SHIFT ➞ HARDCOPY MENU ➞ Palette (main) ➞ Hardcopy or
Current (side) to specify a hardcopy palette. Current uses the current
palette settings to create the hardcopy, while Hardcopy sets the hardcopy
palette to an optimal setting for hardcopy devices.
5. Press SHIFT ➞ HARDCOPY MENU ➞ Port (main) to specify the output
channel to send your hardcopy through. The choices are GPIB, RS–232,
Centronics, and File.
The menu item File chooses the floppy disk drive as the destination for
hardcopies. See To Save to a Floppy Disk on page 3–126.
Date/Time Stamp the Hardcopy. You can display the current date and time on
screen so that they appear on the hardcopies you print. To date and time stamp
your hardcopy, do the following steps:
1. Press DISPLAY ➞ Settings (main) ➞ Display (pop-up) ➞ Readout
Options (main) ➞ Display Date and Time (side) to toggle the setting to
On.
2. If you want to set the date and time, skip steps 3 and 4 and continue with
step 1 of Set the Date and Time below. Then redo this procedure.
3. Press Clear Menu to remove the menu from the display so the date and time
can be displayed. (See Figure 3–72.) (The date and time are removed from
the display when menus are displayed.)
4. Once the oscilloscope is connected to a hardcopy device, press HARDCO-
PY to print your date/time stamped hardcopy.