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Outputting Screen Image Data
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13.4 Saving Screen Images to Floppy Disk and SCSI Device
Explanation
The screen image can be saved to a floppy disk or to a SCSI device.
Selecting the destination medium and directory.
See the explanation given in “Selecting the medium and directory” in section 12.5.
Selecting the data format, file extension, and data size
Select the data format from the following list of choices. The file extension is
automatically attached to the file name.
Data Type
Extension
Data Size (Bytes)
TIFF
.TIF
Approx. 350 K (Color, data compression OFF)
BMP
.BMP
Approx. 50 K (Color, data compression ON)
PostScript
.PS
Approx. 80 K
*
These are reference values. For PostScript, there are no color and data compression
selections.
Selecting color output
When the data format is [TIFF] or [BMP], select from the following list of choices
• Color
Saves the screen image data in color (256 colors).
• Reverse
Saves the screen image in color with the background and text set to white and
black, respectively.
• OFF
Saves the screen image data in black and white.
Turning ON/OFF the data compression
When the data format is [TIFF] or [BMP], select from the following list of choices.
• OFF
Saves without compressing the data.
• ON
Saves by compressing the data using LZW and RLE for TIFF and BMP formats,
respectively.
File name and comment
See the explanation given in “File name and comment” in section 12.5.
Auto naming function
See the explanation given in “Auto naming function” in section 12.5.
Note
You cannot save while the data acquisition is in progress (START/STOP indicator is ON).