User Manual

Command Descriptions
HARDCopy
Sends a copy of the screen display followed by an EOI to the port specied by
HARDCopy:PORT. The format and layout of the output is specied with the
HARDCopy:FO
RMat and HARDCopy:LAYout commands. This command is
equivalent to pressing the PRINT button on the front panel of the TDS1000,
TDS2000, TDS1000B, TDS2000B, TDS2000C, and TPS2000 Series or the
HARDCOPY button on the front panel of the TDS200 Series.
NOTE. The TDS1000B, TDS2000B, and TDS2000C Series support the
HARDCopy:PORT commands and queries for compatibility with programs
designed
for earlier oscilloscopes. (For TDS1000B, TDS2000B, and TDS2000C
Series, you can only set the port to USB and the query will always return USB).
The TDS1000B, TDS2000B, and TDS2000C oscilloscopes provide PictBridge
printer support through a USB Device port on the rear of the oscilloscope. (See
page 2-19, PictBridge Commands (TDS2000C, TDS1000B and TDS2000B Only).)
HARDCopy? returns format, layout, and port information.
NOTE. This command is not IEEE Std 488.2-1987 compatible.
Group
Hard copy
Syntax
HARDCopy { ABOrt | STARt }
HARDCopy?
Arguments
ABOrt terminates the hard copy output in process.
NOTE. DCL does not clear the output queue once a hard copy is in process.
The only way to abort the hard copy process is to send the HARDCopy ABOrt
command. The output queue can then be cleared by sending a DCL message.
STARt initiates a screen copy that is sent to the port specied by the
HARDCOPY:PORT command.
NOTE. Use the *WAI command between HARDCopy STARt commands to make
sure that the rst hard copy is complete before starting another.
Examples
HARDCOPY ABORT stops any hard copy output that is in process.
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