Can LabVIEW print out a vertical strip plot like a chart recorder (on multiple pages) with true depth scale?

[sferic]

I am collecting data on multiple channels (XScale) and plotting them in a vertical strip plot against length (depth on the YScale). I need to print these vertical strip plots with true depth scale (e.g. 1:100 or 1cm:1m) mimicking a chart recorder (i.e. on multiple pages, a fanfold printer). Is this possible with LabVIEW? Any suggestions?

I am currently using LabVIEW 7.0 on 1GHz Pentium 3 running Windows XP.

Thanks in Advance

[Philip_Courtois]

Hi there,

There are two different ways of printing from LabVIEW.

1. One way is to enable �Automatically print front panel every time VI completes execution� in the VI Properties;



2. the other way is to create a temporary report using the Report Generation VIs and then print the report. You can create a report consisting of only a front panel graph if you want to.

Common for the two solutions is that they print every thing you specify (either the complete front panel or the complete report) and doesn�t append line by line like a plotter.

There is no direct control of the scale of your graph compared to the physical scale of the printed result. You will have to try different sizes of the graph, and determine the ratio yourself.

T
o plot channels on the x-scale and the length on the y-scale, you will have to use the XY Graph indicator. Refer to the Context Help for the XY Graph for information on how to plot multiple channels.

I hope this answers your question.

Best regards,
Philip C.
Applications Engineer
National Instruments