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TDS 420A, TDS 430A, TDS 460A & TDS 510A User Manual
To set up the communication parameters to talk to a printer attached directly to
the oscilloscope GPIB port:
1. Press SHIFT UTILITY
➞ System (main) ➞ I/O (pop-up) ➞ Config-
ure
(main) (see Figure 3–26).
2. Press Hardcopy (Talk Only)
(side).
Figure 3–26: Utility Menu — System I/O
To specify the hardcopy format, layout, and type of hardcopy port:
1. Press SHIFT HARDCOPY MENU.
2. Press Format
(main) ➞ Thinkjet, Deskjet, Laserjet, Epson, DPU-411,
DPU-412, PCX, TIFF, BMP, EPS Image, EPS Mono, EPS Color (EPS
stands for Encapsulated Postscript), Interleaf, or HPGL
(side). (Press
–more–
(side) to see all of these format choices.)
3. Press SHIFT HARDCOPY MENU
➞ Layout (main) ➞ Landscape or
Portrait
(side).
4. Press SHIFT HARDCOPY MENU
➞ Port (main) to specify the output
channel to send your hardcopy through. Select one of the optional hardcopy
ports: GPIB, RS-232, Centronics, or File.
To Set Communication
Parameters
To Set Hardcopy
Parameters