Using Hardcopy Features To Print Or Plot Results - HP 8712ET User Manual Supplement

Saving Measurement Results

Using Hardcopy Features to Print or Plot Results

Using Hardcopy Features to Print or
Plot Results
The analyzer's HARDCOPY feature dumps the measurement display
to a printer or plotter in any one of the following formats:
• measurement graph and marker table (default)
• measurement graph only
• marker table only
• trace values at each point only
The feature can also save the measurement display to a
HARDCOPY
floppy disk in HP-GL, PCX, or PCL5 format. These files can be imported
into various computer applications, such as Microsoft Word® or Lotus
WordPro®, and integrated with other text and graphics. You can use the
SCPI MMEM:TRANsfer command to copy files from the analyzer's floppy
disk to an external computer. This is described in the Example Programs
Guide.
HP-GL and PCL5 format files can also be archived on the analyzer's
floppy disk drive, and later sent to a printer or plotter. Under program
control, the files can be printed using various page layouts, such as one to
a page, two to a page, and so on, using either portrait or landscape
orientation. This is done using the HP-GL IP command, described later.
The analyzer provides an HP-IB interface, a Centronics parallel
interface, and a LAN interface, all of which are well suited for printing. If
you are controlling the analyzer via the HP-IB port, you can use the
parallel port or LAN port for hardcopy. Or you can have your computer
collect the measurement results, format them, and dump them to its own
printer.
If you have a custom interface circuit connected to the analyzer's parallel
port, you can still connect a printer in addition, and use the
printer-select line to select either the printer or your custom interface
circuit. For more details, refer to "Writing to the Parallel Port" on
page 6-6.
8-8 Automating Measurements