Connecting a Printer

A printer can be connected via the 25-contact parallel interface LPT at the rear of the instrument (recommended) or one of the serial interfaces COM 1 or COM 2. For the interface description see section "Hardware Interfaces" in chapter 8.

 

The printer type and port must be set in the Print tab of the Setup menu:

Ø To open the Setup – Print tab press the SETUP key at the front of the instrument and activate the Print hotkey at the lower edge of the screen.

Ø In the Printer section set the printer type and port (COM 1 or COM 2 for the serial (RS-232) ports; LPT 1 for the parallel printer port).

It is recommended to connect the output device to the parallel interface LPT, if possible: With this selection, configuration of the interface is not necessary; besides, the serial connectors may be used for GPIB bus etc. The following printer types are supported:HP DeskJet 1600CM (PostScript) HP DeskJet 1600CM (PCL5)

HP DeskJet 6MP (PostScript)  HP DeskJet 6MP (PCL5)

HP Laser Jet5 SimX (PostScript)  HP Laser Jet5 SimX (PCL5)

HP DeskJet 870 Cxi (PCL5)

Canon BubbleJet 250 (Canon)

Epson Stylus Color 600 (ESC)