Saving Waveforms and Setups
TDS 500D, TDS 600B, & TDS 700D User Manual
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While the hardcopy is being sent to the printer, the oscilloscope will display the
message “Hardcopy in process — Press HARDCOPY to abort.”
Abort. To stop and discard the hardcopy being sent, press HARDCOPY again
while the hardcopy in process message is still on screen.
Add to the Spool. To add additional hardcopies to the printer spool, press
HARDCOPY again after the hardcopy in process message is removed from the
screen.
You can add hardcopies to the spool until it is full. When adding a hardcopy fills
the spool, the message “Hardcopy in Process—Press HARDCOPY to abort”
remains displayed. You can abort only the last hardcopy sent by pressing the
button while the message is still displayed. When the printer empties enough of
the spool to finish adding the last hardcopy, it does so and then removes the
message.
Clear the Spool. To remove all hardcopies from the spool, press SHIFT ➞
HARDCOPY MENU ➞ Clear Spool (main) ➞ OK Confirm Clear Spool
(side).
The oscilloscope takes advantage of any unused RAM when spooling hardcopies
to printers. The size of the spool is, therefore, variable. The number of hardco-
pies that can be spooled depends on three variables:
The amount of unused RAM
The hardcopy format chosen
The complexity of the display