Printing Onto A Printer Available On An External Computer - Agilent Technologies 4294A Programming Manual

Using Printer

Printing onto a Printer Available on an External Computer

Printing onto a Printer Available on an External Computer
The 4294A can be connect to LAN (Local Area Network).
NOTE
When a printer is directly connected to LAN (not a computer connected to LAN), it is not
possible to print onto the computer from the 4294A connected to LAN.
From the 4294A connected to LAN, images on the LCD or files on the 4294A can be
transferred to other computers connected to the same LAN. This means that printing onto a
printer connected to an external computer can be achieved by first transferring an image to
the computer then using the computer to print the image onto the printer.
NOTE When transferring a TIFF format file for printing, an appropriate application for processing
the format must be installed on an external computer.
For example, follow the steps below to print an image on the LCD of the 4294A.
Step 1. Set the LCD screen so that a desired image for printing is displayed.
Step 2. Transfer a file named "screen.tif" on the dynamic data disk (a disk used for transferring
internal data in the 4294A via LAN) to an external computer.
Step 3. Use the computer to print "screen.tif."
Step 4. Remove "screen.tif" if it is no longer necessary.
NOTE See Chapter 12 , "Using LAN," for connection to LAN and transferring files via LAN.
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