System Commands 5
HARD COPY
DESCRIPTION
COMMAND SYNTAX
EXAMPLE (GPIB)
RELATED COMMANDS
HARDCOPY_TRANSMIT, HCTR
Command
The HARDCOPY_TRANSMIT command sends a string of ASCII
characters without modification to the hard-copy unit. This allows
the user to control the hard-copy unit by sending device specific
control character sequences. It also allows the user to place addi-
tional text on a screen dump for documentation purposes. This
command accepts the escape sequence "\ddd" like those de-
scribed under the command COMM_RS232 (see page 56).
Before sending the string to the hard-copy unit the escape se-
quence is converted to the ASCII character code.
HardCopy_TRansmit ’<string>’
<string> := Any sequence of ASCII or escaped characters.
The following code sends documentation data to a printer.
CMD$="HCTR ’Data from Oct.15\r\n’"
CALL IBWRT(SCOPE%,CMD$)
The following code sends the same documentation data to an
HP7470A plotter using pen 1. The text will be printed at the lower
left corner of the paper.
CMD$=
"HCTR ’IN;SP1;PA0,0;PD;LBData from Oct.15 \031N;SP0;PA0,0’"
CALL IBWRT(SCOPE%,CMD$)
HARDCOPY_SETUP, SCREEN_DUMP
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