Saving Waveforms and Setups
TDS 500C, TDS 600B, & TDS 700C User Manual
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Set Hardcopy Parameters. To specify the hardcopy format, layout, and type of
port using the hardcopy menu, do the following steps:
1. Press SHIFT ➞ HARDCOPY MENU to bring up the Hardcopy menu.
2. Press Format (main) ➞ Thinkjet, Deskjet, DeskjetC, Laserjet, Epson,
DPU-411, DPU-412, PCX, PCX Color, TIFF, BMP Mono, BMP Color,
RLE Color, EPS Mono Img, EPS Color Img, EPS Mono Plt, EPS Color
Plt, Interleaf, or HPGL (side). (Press –more– (side) to page through all of
these format choices.)
NOTE. Some formats, such as DeskJetC, require up to several minutes to process
and print the screen When using these formats, be careful not to inadvertently
abort the print by pressing the Hardcopy button for a second print before the
oscilloscope has finished processing and transmitting the first one.
3. Press SHIFT ➞ HARDCOPY MENU ➞ Layout (main) ➞ Landscape or
Portrait (side). (See Figure 3–77.)
Landscape Format Portrait Format
Figure 3–77: Hardcopy Formats
4. Press SHIFT ➞ HARDCOPY MENU ➞ Palette (main) ➞ Hardcopy or
Current (side) to specify a hardcopy palette. Current uses the current
palette settings to create the hardcopy, while Hardcopy sets the hardcopy
palette to an optimal setting for hardcopy devices.
5. Press SHIFT ➞ HARDCOPY MENU ➞ Port (main) to specify the output
channel to send your hardcopy through. The choices are GPIB, RS–232,
Centronics, and File.
The menu item File chooses the disk drive as the destination for hardcopies.
See To Save to a Disk on page 3–171.
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