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4-72 ET User’s Guide
Using Instrument Functions
Connecting and Configuring Printers and Plotters
Define the Printer or Plotter Settings
You will only have to do this setup once if you make all your hardcopies
with the same printing or plotting device.
Press , , and then or
, depending on which type of device you are using. Note
that only one of these choices is selectable at a time.
Three procedures follow. Use “Defining a PCL5 Printer” or “Defining a
Printer” on page 4-74 if you are using a printer. Otherwise, go to
“Defining a Plotter” on page 4-76 .
Defining a PCL5
Printer Make the following selections in the analyzer menus:
1. Press to restore the default parameters for a
printer. The defaults are:
2. Select the type of printer you have: either or
.
3. Select the orientation of the paper to the information printed, either
or . The portrait choice orientates the
printout vertically, the landscape orientates the printout horizontally.
4. If you do not want auto feed active, press .
5. Press to change the margins and print width:
a. : Sets the top margin (non-printing space) of the
printout in mm. Minimum setting is 0.00 mm; maximum setting is
200.00 mm.
HARDCOPY
Define PCL5 Define Printer
Define Plotter
Restore Defaults
Parameter Default
Monochrome/Color Monochrome
Orientation Portrait
Auto Feed ON
Top Margin 0.00 mm
Left Margin 0.00 mm
Print Width 150 mm (5.91 in)
Monochrome
Color
Portrait Landscape
Auto Feed OFF
More PCL5
Top Margin