Printing Data And Checking The Printer Status; Printing The Screen - Omron NT21 Reference Manual

Printing Data and Checking the Printer Status

3-11-1 Printing the Screen

Printing a Hard Copy by Operation at the PT Status Control Area
Reference:
Setting
With the PT, the screen currently displayed can be printed by using either of the
procedures indicated below.
By the operation at the PT status control area
By pressing a touch switch with the print screen function.
When this method is used, an operator can print a hard copy of the screen at any
time.
PT
Printing
S The PT continues operation even while the screen hard copy is being printed.
S It is necessary to ensure that the printer operation status (bit 7) among the PT
status notify bits is 0 (OFF) before starting printing.
S Once screen printing has been started by operation of the PT status control bit,
it is not possible to stop printing.
S If screen printing is specified during printing by the PT, the screen printing
instruction is ignored.
Words must be allocated for the PT status control area in the host. No special
settings are required for printing a hard copy of the screen.
Section
PC
PT status control area
Screen switch setting
Copy memory
table entry setting
Bit 7 ON
PT status control setting
Reserved for system use
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