Printer Setup And Operation 1-1; Equipment; Interconnection And Setup - Agilent Technologies ESA-E Series Programmer's Manual

Programming Fundamental s
Printer Setup and Operatio n
Printer Setup and Operation
Equipment
• ESA Spectrum Analyzer equipped with Options A4H and Paralle l
Interface) or 1AX (RS-232 and Parallel Interface) .
• IEEE 1284 compliant printer cable (such as C2950A) .
• Supported printer equipped with a parallel interface . (A supporte d
printer is one that accepts Printer Control Language Level 3 or 5) .
- PCL3 printers include most HP DeskJet printers .
- PCL5 printers include most HP LaserJet printers and the 1600 C
DeskJet printer.
Interconnection and Setup
1. Turn off the printer and the analyzer.
2. Connect the printer to the analyzer parallel I/O interface connecto r
using an IEEE 1284 compliant parallel printer cable.
3. If appropriate, configure your printer using configuration menus o r
switches . Refer to your printer's documentation for more specifi c
information on configuring your printer.
4. Turn on the analyzer and printer .
5. Press
Print Setup
on the front panel and then press the
Printer Typ e
menu key.
Printer Type
accesses the following keys :
None
None
disables the analyzer from attempting to print
to a printer. This is the appropriate setting if n o
printer is connected to the analyzer.
Custom Custom
allows you to access the
Define Custom
menu
keys . The
Define Custom
menu keys allow you to
specify printer characteristics such as PCL Leve l
and printer color capability .
Auto Auto
enables the analyzer to automatically attemp t
to identify the connected printer when the
Print key
is pressed or when
Printer Type
is set to
Auto .
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