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OP27, OP37 Equipment Manual
Release 05/99
Printing
A black and white or color printer can be connected to the OP. Configuration
of the connection is described in Section 13.1.3. Descriptions of the interfaces
is provided in Appendix B.
The following print functions are provided on the OP:
Print Messages (see Section 6.4).
Screen prints (hardcopies) and screens can be printed during message log-
ging.
Print Buffer
The entire event message or alarm message buffer contents are printed on
the printer. Filter criteria can be defined for the printout (see Chapter 6.5.2).
Print Screen
To use this function on the OP, assign the
SCREEN
function to a func-
tion key during configuration. The screen displayed is printed after pressing
the function key. Windows currently displayed on the screen, e.g. the mes-
sage window, are not printed together with the screen. Once initiated, can-
cel printing of the screenshot by pressing the function key once more.
Print Screen List
To use this function on the OP, assign the
SCREEN
LIST
function to a
function key during configuration. This function can be used to print up to
twenty screens in succession at one page per screen. If there are output
fields on a screen for process values, the values valid at the time of printing
are read out from the PLC.
In order to print all the screens selected using the Print Screen List function
in Graphics mode, it must be defined in the configuration using the global
function Automatic Graphics Printing.
Printing is performed in the background, so that the OP can still be oper-
ated.
ASCII is the default printing mode; in other words, graphic elements such
as graphics, trend curves and bar graphs are not printed. Print Screen is not
possible while printing is in progress. If the
GRAPHICS
MODE
UPON
PRINTING
SCREEN
LIST
function has been configured for individual screens, all the
elements of these screens are printed when the screen list is printed.
Connecting a
printer
Print functions
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