Bronkhorst FlowPlot - Manual (Page 11)

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2.5 P
RINTING
Printing a hardcopy of the graphs can be very useful to store the measurements. All graphs will be send to printer or
file in a fixed color setting for background, gridlines and plot lines.
In preparation for printing not directly to a printer, but printing to a file printer (e.g. a PDF-converter), FlowPlot
contains two menu options for printing:
- Print printer: meant to let the user select a printer manually from the Windows printer list.
- Print file: a printer from the Windows printer list can be preselected (chosen without user action) as a
file printer by means of editing a flowplot.ini file. This may be a non-file printer as well.
Actually, both printers can be preselected, also the one meant to let the user select a printer manually from the
Windows printer list. Therefore, edit the flowplot.ini file in the roaming user profile folder (C:\Documents and
settings\\Application Data\Bronkhorst\FlowPlot) and add the following:
[Printing]
FilePrinter=
Printer=
If one or both of the entries is/are not available or incorrectly set, the Select Printer window will pop up and the user
may select a printer manually.
Prior to printing, FlowPlot will show a preview. First, FlowPlot will read several identification parameters of the
instrument(s) connected. Information about up to four instruments or readout units will be shown.
Before pressing any print button, the user may add comment to the graph using the Comment field in the main
window.
FlowPlot doesn’t contain a PDF-converter. Conversion to PDF should be performed by other software.
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