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kalle   10-06-2004 at 12:05:21 AM

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Hej!
Problem..
Save screen dumps from my HP instrument to a PC.
I have an instrument with LPT printer port.
I am looking for an application that vill turn my PC into a printer "Save
outprints as a file".
Any one??

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Anonymous   10-08-2004 at 10:20:58 PM
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"kalle" <kalle.sandare@telia.se> wrote in message
news:cjughu$h8n$1@newstree.wise.edt.ericsson.se...

> Save screen dumps from my HP instrument to a PC.
> I have an instrument with LPT printer port.
> I am looking for an application that vill turn my PC into a printer "Save
> outprints as a file".

In Windows via / settings / printers
Add a new printer
(From menu) Manufacturer = Generic
Printer = Text Only
As Port select FILE

This sends your output to an ASCII file,
prompting you for name and filepath.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

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Anonymous   10-12-2004 at 06:21:04 AM
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kalle <kalle.sandare@telia.se> wrote:

> Save screen dumps from my HP instrument to a PC.
> I have an instrument with LPT printer port.

This is some lab equipment with a parallel port, right?

> I am looking for an application that vill turn my PC into a printer "Save
> outprints as a file".

Buy a parallel-to-serial converter like this:

http://rs485.bb-elec.com/product.asp?sku=232SPS2

Connect it between device and computer, and run a terminal program on
the computer to capture the output. Or write a small program that
directly prints the incoming data to a printer attached to the computer.

--
Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA

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