26 4: Global System Settings
4.1.3 Printer Configuration
Whenever the Print button on the front panel is pressed, or print commands arrive on the network
command interface, the 5120A or 5115A prints to the current print job destination in the current
format.
The test set can print plots, tables and the settings screen in two formats:
PCL5 - Printer Control Language 5 format which PCL5-capable printers will accept.
Printers of level PCL4 or below cannot use this format. Refer to the printer’s
documentation to determine its compatibility.
PostScript - Raw PostScript that only PostScript printers will accept.
Print jobs can be sent to one of three destinations:
Local - A USB printer attached to the test set. See “4.1.3.1 Printing to a USB Printer” on
page 26.
File - A file on the test set’s file system. These files are accessed via anonymous File
Transfer Protocol (FTP). See “4.1.3.2 Printing to Files” on page 28 for details.
Network - A network printer that supports direct transfer of information to a port such as
the HP JetDirect using port 9100. Other spooling protocols, such as the Internet Printing
Protocol (IPP), are not currently supported.
Note that section “4.1.2 Network Configuration” on page 23 must be completed before jobs can be
sent to a network printer or retrieved using FTP.
To configure printing:
1. Navigate to the Settings screen (see “4.1 The Settings Screen” on page 21).
2. Press Printing.
3. Use the arrow keys to select a destination for print jobs (see “3.4.2 Mutually Exclusive
Options” on page 18 for details).
If you selected the Network destination, the IP address and port number in the fields
labeled Remote Host and Remote Port became active.
4. Use the arrow keys to toggle the print format (a mutually exclusive option).
5. Press Apply to save the new configuration.
The settings screen is reactivated. It reflects the new configuration.
4.1.3.1 Printing to a USB Printer
To print to a USB Printer:
1. Attach a PCL5 or PostScript capable printer to one of the USB ports shown in Figure 2, on
page 5 or a USB hub connected to one of these ports.
A test set can print to an attached USB printer only if that printer natively supports either the
PostScript or PCL5 printer languages. Determining if a given USB printer supports PCL5 natively
in the printer firmware may require contacting the printer vendor's technical support.Most printers
which have an ethernet port are higher end printers which support either PostScript or PCL5
natively. These printers, if they also have a USB port, will generally work when directly attached
to a test set via USB. Several popular printers on the market use a non-conforming USB protocol
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