Printing Displayed Screen

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Overview

By connecting a printer to the USB port of the E5071C, you can print the displayed screen of the E5071C.

Printed/Saved Images

The display image saved in the volatile memory (clipboard) is printed/saved. If no image is saved in the clipboard, the image displayed at the time of print execution is printed/saved.

Saving image to clipboard

The System key also has a screen capture feature. When you press System key, the image displayed on the screen immediately before pressing is saved in the clipboard.

Print Procedure

Preparation before printing

Follow these steps to prepare for printing:

  1. Turns off the E5071C.

  2. Turn on the printer and connect it to E5071C.

  3. Turn on the E5071C.

  4. Press System key.

  5. Press Printer Setup. The Printers window opens. The icons of the printers that have been connected are displayed in the window. When you connect a print for the first time, it is automatically registered and its icon is added in the window.

  6.  The printer with the check mark () on its icon is selected as the default printer for printing. If you want to change it, select (highlight) the icon of your preferred printer in the Printers window and then click Set as Default Printer in the File menu.

  7. Click Printing Preferences...  in the File menu. The Printing Preferences dialog box for the selected printer appears. Set items necessary before printing such as Page Size and then click the OK button .

  8. Click Close in the File menu.

Executing print

Follow these steps to print the screen information:

  1. Display the screen you want to print.

  2. Press System key to save the currently displayed screen onto the clipboard.

  3. As necessary, press Invert Image to toggle between [OFF] for printing in colors close to the actually displayed screen and [ON] for printing in inverse colors.

  4. Click Print to start printing.

  5. To cancel the printing in progress, press Abort Printing.

  6.  If you start printing when the printer is not ready (for example, it is not turned on) by mistake, the Printers Folder dialog box  may appear. In this case, click Cancel to close the Printers Folder dialog box, prepare your printer, and then start printing again.