How about PrintCapture with a Prologix interface?
On 15/10/2017 20:03, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: > I am running an HP 3048 under HTBasic and I > have a nice looking phase noise graph on the > screen. I want to export the graph to the > world outside of RMB. Using the "Hard Copy" or "Plot" > function keys does nothing, probably because > I don't have an HP-IB printer or plotter > connected. (I actually have the extremely > rare HP-IB printer on hand, but I don't want a paper > copy, I want a .bmp or something like that). > > I see that HTBasic has a Win-Print driver, > so I loaded that FWIW. I don't see how to > make the RMB software connect to it. The > HTBasic manual discusses how to print text > using this driver, but I want to print (or > plot) graphics. > > The HTBasic site also shows a Microsoft > supplied HPGL filter that sounds like it > might emulate a pen plotter. The HTBasic > manual says that you can write "PLOTTER IS > <filename>". Maybe that will work. I see > in the existing RMB code the program calls > line 25148 PLOTTER IS CRT and elsewhere > PLOTTER IS HPGL. The 3048 help file says > holding down the shift key while pushing > the Plot button redirects to the HPGL plotter. > Can I simply replace "HPGL" with "<filename> > or something? > > Then there are the Result (RESU) files. Does > anyone know how to translate them into > anything readable? > > As a last resort, I am using the keyboard's > "Print Screen" key to copy the screen to the > Windows 7 clipboard. It is then available > to any Windows program. That's clumsy but > better than nothing. > > As a hardware engineer, even this simple software > stuff is above my pay grade. Any help would > be appreciated. > > When I first got the 3048, I tried PN3048. > I realize it can effortlessly export graphs. > According to the author, it does not support > various features that I need (and apparently > never will). So I am stuck in the RMB world. > > Rick N6RK > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Stephen Tompsett _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
