User`s guide

Output menu
Output: Type Device Baud Paging Speed SolidLine
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When the trace is displayed, pressing the ‘’O’’ key will output the screen to the
selected printer or plotter. This menu selects the parameters controlling output to
the plot/print device.
Type Set the type of output device (printer, plotter, or PrintScreen printer). Only HP-GL
plotters are supported for ‘’plotter,’’ and PCL printers (for example, DeskJet,
LaserJet) are supported for ‘’printer.’’ Either the ‘’PrintScreen’’ device type or the
DOS PrintScreen key may also be used to generate direct printer dumps. In this
case, the DOS ‘’GRAPHICS’’ command must be used to select the printer type (for
example, GRAPHICS DESKJET).
Device Set the destination device of the output operation. Plot/print operations are
supported to the parallel printer ports (LPT1 through LPT4), serial ports (COM1
through COM4), or to a file. Serial plotters/printers must be set up as 8 bit data, 1
stop bit, no parity. Serial printers need to be set up to allow XON/XOFF
handshaking. Serial plotters use software handshaking. (This setting does not
affect the output from the DOS PrintScreen function.)
Baud Set the baud rate of the serial plotter/printer (NONE, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600
baud). If NONE is specified, then the serial port is not configured by VIEWDATA.
In this case, the serial port must be set up with the DOS ‘’MODE’’ command (for
example MODE COM1:96,N,8,1,B).
Paging Specify whether a ‘’PG’’ command will be sent at the end of a plot (useful for
paging plotters), or a form feed will be sent at the end of a print.
Speed Set the speed of the plotting operation using the ‘’VS’’ command. ‘’Fast’’ sets the
speed to the default for the plotter (50 cm/s with fiber tip pens) and ‘’Slow’’ sets the
speedto10cm/s.
SolidLines Specify whether dotted lines (in the grid) will be forced to be solid lines when
plotting.
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