PV600+ & Printing

scottmurphy · May 1, 2008

Simple question.

Can a printer be connected to a PV600, and be configured to print out data?

I am proposing to use a panelview instead of a chart recorder for this project, but have not been able to get a direct answer as to whether or not a printer can be connected & configured to do what I want. I know it is possible in other platforms, but the customer has specified AB.

nettogrisen · May 1, 2008

I believe that it's only possible to print a screendump, sorry

curlyandshemp · May 1, 2008

scottmurphy said:
Simple question.

Can a printer be connected to a PV600, and be configured to print out data?

I am proposing to use a panelview instead of a chart recorder for this project, but have not been able to get a direct answer as to whether or not a printer can be connected & configured to do what I want. I know it is possible in other platforms, but the customer has specified AB.

PV can only print alarms

scottmurphy · May 1, 2008

I believe that it's only possible to print a screendump, sorry

This may work, if you could configure the PV to display the
log data to be printed, then use the ol 'printscreen' function?

PV can only print alarms

Bugger, any suggestions to acheive what I want. Maybe by writing
to a flash card, then using PC to print instead?

Ken Roach · May 1, 2008

The only "printing" feature in the PanelView Plus is a screen print feature. It works with USB or TCP/IP connected printers that support the Hewlett-Packard PCL 3 printer language.

Another method I have used is to load the KepServer Enterprise "User Configurable Driver" and use it to drive a serial-connected printer using ASCII protocol. It requires more work to set up and isn't as smooth as I'd like, but it does work.

Are you looking for a line-printer sort of output, or PDF file output, or some sort of graphical screendump ?

scottmurphy · May 1, 2008

the only "printing" feature in the PanelView Plus is a screen print feature. It works with USB or TCP/IP connected printers that support the Hewlett-Packard PCL 3 printer language.

Another method I have used is to load the KepServer Enterprise "User Configurable Driver" and use it to drive a serial-connected printer using ASCII protocol. It requires more work to set up and isn't as smooth as I'd like, but it does work.

Are you looking for a line-printer sort of output, or PDF file output, or some sort of graphical screendump ?

Hi ken,

I am looking to replicate what a chart recorder is doing, except not printing continuosly, end of batch maybe.

Can the screen print method be done directly from the PV itself?

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