UTILITY Menu

Settings for Hard Copy Output

When you output a hard copy, you can choose to either save the data displayed on the screen on a floppy disk as a file, or output the data through the IEEE STD 488 (GPIB) or RS-232-Cinterface.

When you select Hardcopy... from the side menu, you can select the format for the hard copy and the output port. The following diagram shows the menu configuration for the Hardcopy... menu item.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BMP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Epson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Format

 

 

 

EPS Mono

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thinkjet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Misc

 

Hardcopy...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Port

 

 

 

 

GPIB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RS232C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selecting the Format. Use this item to select the output format for the hard copy. You may select any one of five formats: BMP, Epson, EPS Mono, Thinkjet or TIFF.

Figure 3 &193: Format Selection Menu

Table 3-23 shows the extension for each format and gives a brief description of that format.

Table 3&23: Format Extensions

Format

Extension

Explanation

 

 

 

BMP

BPM

A format for a Windows black & white image file

 

 

 

Epson

ESC

A format for output to a 9/pin or 24/pin dot matrix printer

 

 

in ESC/P graphic mode.

 

 

 

EPS Mono

EPS

Encapsulated Postscript format for black & white image

 

 

files.

 

 

 

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