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Saving and Loading Data
Explanation
The screen image data can be stored to a specified storage medium. You can select a
storage medium of floppy disk, Zip disk, PC card, external SCSI device, or network drive
(when the Ethernet interface option is installed). For details on saving data to the
network drive, see section 13.3.
Data Format and Extension
Data in the following formats can be saved to a specified storage medium. The
extension that is automatically attached and the data size (reference value) are indicated
below.
Data Format Extension Data Size
1
TIFF ∗.TIF Approx. 40 KB (Approx. 310 KB)
2
BMP ∗.BMP Approx. 40 KB (Approx. 310 KB)
2
Post Script ∗.PS Approx. 80 KB
PNG ∗.PNG Approx. 6 KB (Approx. 14 KB)
2
JPEG ∗.JPG Approx. 400 KB (Approx. 400 KB)
2
1 When color is OFF.
2 The file size inside the parentheses is for the case when color is ON.
Color Mode
You can select the color mode only when the data format is set to TIFF, BMP, PNG, or
JPEG.
ON Output using 256 colors.
ON(Revers) Do not output the background of the screen in color.
ON(GRAY) Output the data using a tint of 16 gray levels.
OFF Output in black and white.
Compress Mode
When the output format is set to BMP, the data can be output by compressing using
RLE. However, data is not compressed if the color is OFF.
Comment
A comment of up to 25 characters can be added to the lower section of the screen and
saved. Comments are optional. All characters (including spaces) can be used.
Save Destination
The available storage medium is displayed in the File List window.
Display Examples of Storage Media
FD Floppy disk
ZIP Zip disk
PC_Card PC card
SCSI5 SCSI device with the ID number set to 5*
SCSI5-1 Partition 1 of a SCSI device whose ID number is 1*
NetWork Network drive (when the Ethernet interface option is installed)
USB USB storage
* When a SCSI device whose ID number is 5 is connected
Floppy Disks, Zip Disks, PC Cards, and External SCSI Devices
The handling of the floppy disk, Zip disk, PC card, and external SCSI device are
described in sections 12.2 and 12.3. For the formatting procedure, see section 12.6.
12.12 Saving Screen Image Data