Outputting Multiple Plots To A Siie Page Using A Printer - HP 8753E User Manual

Outputting Multiple Plots to a Single Page Using a Printer
Refer to the "Plotting Multiple Measurements Per Page Using a Disk Drive, n located earlier in
this chapter, for the naming conventions for plot files that you want printed on the same page.
You can use the following batch file to automate the plot hle printing. This batch file must be
saved as "do-plot.bat. n
rem
rem Name: do-plot
rem
rem Description:
rem
rem output HPGL initialization sequence to a flle:spooler
rem append all the requested plot Illes to the spooler
rem append the formfeed sequence to the spooler
rem copy the hle to the printer
rem
rem (This routine uses COPY instead of PRINT because COPY
rem will not return until the action is completed. PRINT
rem will queue the file so the subsequent DEL will likely
rem generate an error. COPY avoids this.)
rem
echo off
type hpglinit > spooler
for % %i in (% 1) do type % %i >> spooler
type exithpgl >> spooler
copy spooler LPTl
echo on
For example, you have the following list of files to plot:
PLOTOO.RL
You would invoke the batch print as follows:
Printing, Plotting, and Saving Measurement Results