Technical data

330 Agilent Infiniium 90000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Reference
17 Hardcopy Commands
:HARDcopy:AREA
Command :HARDcopy:AREA {GRATicule | SCReen}
The :HARDcopy:AREA command selects which data from the screen is to
be printed. When you select GRATicule, only the graticule area of the
screen is printed (this is the same as choosing Waveforms Only in the
Configure Printer dialog box). When you select SCReen, the entire screen
is printed.
Example This example selects the graticule for printing.
myScope.WriteString ":HARDCOPY:AREA GRATICULE"
Query :HARDcopy:AREA?
The :HARDcopy:AREA? query returns the current setting for the area of
the screen to be printed.
Returned Format
[:HARDcopy:AREA] {GRATicule | SCReen}<NL>
Example This example places the current selection for the area to be printed in the
string variable, strSelection, then prints the contents of the variable to the
computer's screen.
Dim strSelection As String ' Dimension variable.
myScope.WriteString ":HARDCOPY:AREA?"
strSelection = myScope.ReadString
Debug.Print strSelection