Rockwell Automation 2711E-ND1 PanelBuilder 1400E Reference Manual - Manual (Page 104)

Screen Print Buttons
Publication 2711E-820 – January 1998
Screen Print Buttons
This chapter tells you:
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how the Screen Print Button works
•
how to configure the Screen Print Button
The Screen Print Button is a static object; it doesn’t interact with the
PLC. The operator uses the Screen Print Button to print the current
screen. When this button is pressed, a monochrome bitmap image of
the screen is sent to the printer. If a window is open, the window is
printed also.
Important: Only Epson

FX-80 compatible printers are supported.
Note: For best print results, design the screens you intend the
operator to print with black text on a white screen background.
Screen print requests are ignored when the printer is already busy
with a previous screen print. Enabling the Screen Print Active to
PLC option in the PLC I/O Control Options dialog box allows the
PanelView terminal to inform the PLC that a screen print is in
progress. For details on setting this option, as well as information
about screen prints, see Chapter 12, Configuring Terminal and PLC
Options, in the PanelBuilder 1400e Configuration Software for
Windows User Manual.
The PLC can also trigger screen prints. If the PLC-controlled screen
print and screen change happen at the same time, the current screen
is printed before the screen changes.
Configuring the Screen Print Button
Configure the Screen Print Button according to this table:
Field Meaning
Name Assign a name, up to 15 characters, to document the object for
printed reports. This increases the application’s size by 1 byte
per character.
Function Key
(Keypad only) Specify which function key the operator must press to activate
this button.
About Screen Print
Buttons
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