Stanford Research Systems SR785, Operating Manual And Programming Reference

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4-186 Output Menu
SR785 Dynamic Signal Analyzer
HPGL is used for HPGL compatible plotters.
Postscript is used for Postscript compatible plotters or printers. Postscript output to a
disk file is a convenient way to import the screen plot to a PC application.
The Destination for all Plotter Types can be either an on-line Interface or a Disk file.
Command: PLTP (?) {i}
Destination
This softkey selects the Print, Plot or ASCII Dump Destination [Disk File, Centronics,
Serial, GPIB].
Choose Disk File to output to a disk file. All Bitmap/Printer and Vector/Plotter types can
save to Disk File. This is convenient for using a printer or plotter which is not connected
to this unit or to import the screen image into a PC application. Files are written to the
Current Directory specified in the [Disk] menu. Files are named SCRNXXXX.EXT
where XXXX is a 4 digit number which automatically increments starting at the File
Start Number. The .EXT extensions are
.TXT ASCII Dump
.EFX Epson
.PCL HP Laser
.GIF GIF
.PCX PCX
.HPG HPGL
.EPS Postscript
Centronics selects the parallel printer interface. Most dot matrix printers use this.
Serial selects the RS-232 serial interface. Some plotters and printers use this.
GPIB selects the IEEE-488 interface. Most HPGL plotters use this.
Command: PDST (?) {i}
GPIB Control
Choose the GPIB Controller [Host or SR785].
Choose SR785 if there are no other controllers attached to the GPIB interface. This is
typically the case where only a plotter is attached to the SR785.
Choose Host if there is host computer which is in control. This is the case where both the
SR785 and the plotter are controlled by a host computer. The host is responsible for
issuing the PLOT command to the SR785, and then making the plotter a listener and the
SR785 a talker. The plotter commands will then be transferred from the SR785 to the