Agilent Technologies ESA-E Series Programmer's Manual page 33

Programming Fundamentals
Printer Setup and Operatio n
6. Press
Printer Type
to access the
Printer Type
menu keys . Press
Auto
to
make the analyzer attempt to identify the connected printer . When
you press
Auto,
the analyzer will respond in one of the thre e
following ways :
• The
Print Setup
menu will be displayed with the
Auto
key selecte d
and no new message will be displayed in the display status line .
This indicates that the analyzer has successfully identified the
connected printer and no further setup is required . As long as
Auto
remains selected in the
Printer Type
menu, the analyzer will
attempt to identify the printer when the front panel Print key is
pressed .
• The
Print Setup
menu will be displayed with the
Custom
key
selected and one of the following diagnostic messages will b e
displayed in the display status line:
Unknown printer, Define Custom to set up printe r
No printer response, Define Custom to set u p
printe r
Invalid printer response, Define Custom to set u p
printe r
This indicates that the analyzer was unable to automaticall y
identify the connected printer, and
Custom
has been selected in
the
Printer Type
menu . Press
Print Setup, Define Custom
to selec t
specific printer characteristics such as the printer languag e
(PCL3 or PCL5) and color printing capability. Once you have set
these characteristics to match those of your connected printer, the
printer setup process is complete. As long as
Custom
remains
selected in the
Printer Type
menu, the analyzer will not attempt to
automatically identify the connected printer when the front pane l
Print
key is pressed .
• The
Print Setup
menu will be displayed with the
None
key selected
and the following message will appear in the display status line:
Unsupported printer, Printer Type set to Non e
This indicates that the analyzer has successfully identified th e
connected printer, but the printer is not supported by the
analyzer. As long as
None is
selected in the
Printer Type
menu, the
analyzer will respond to any print command by displaying th e
message Printer Type is None in the display status line.
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