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Can I print a screen, trends, alarms, events or reports from a Silver Series HMI?

April 26, 2017alarms events hmi print reports screen SERIES Silver trends

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Can I print a screen, trends, alarms, events or reports from a Silver Series HMI?

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Yes. All versions of the Silver Series, except the HMI520M blue mode HMI have a connector for a parallel port-driven printer. Most DeskJets, Epson, and Cannon printers are usable. See Tech Note #1073 for more info. Screen windows can be printed from an object(“Function Key ‘”Hard Copy”) placed on the window or by a bit in the PLC using a “PLC Control object”. The window to be printed must be displayed and all objects on the window will be printed as a “Screen dump”. Reports can be printed by creating a formatted report in a window and setting that window number into a register (PLC or Local). The report window does not have to be displayed, to be printed.