BSL PRO Software Guide - Biopac

56 Part BPrintingIn some cases, it is important to have a hard copy of the data. The Biopac Student Lab PRO software allows you toproduce high-resolution plots of graphs much as they appear on-screen. To print a file, choose Print from the Filemenu. An example of the print dialog box follows.Print dialog boxIf you click OK, the contents of the screen will be printed on the selected printer.‣ To print the entire file, choose Autoscale Horizontal from the Display menu first, so thatthe screen contains the entire record.Often, you may want to print the contents of a file across several pages. To do that, change the value in the Fit to __pages box. Entering “4” in this box, for instance, will place the length of the page evenly across four pages whenprinting. To find out more about the Print command, see page 6187.PlaybackPlayback mode will replay a graph file stored on disk in real time to simulate acquisition. This is useful forobserving a replay of data as it was acquired, and is a valuable visual feedback tool providing users with a datapresentation mode familiar from chart recorders or other physiological monitoring equipment. To use:1. In the File menu, select Open for Playback.2. Browse to location of desired graph file and click Open.3. A new graph window will be generated.4. Press Play to begin playback.The Play button status alternates with STOP, which also acts as a pause function. To rewind the segment so it can bereplayed, use the yellow Rewind toolbar button. The Playback data can be modified and transformed withoutaffecting the data stored on disk in the original graph file. Appended segments are replayed separately, and allmarkers and marker labels are preserved.Playback mode has millisecond timing accuracy and allows for reconfiguration of most acquisitionparameters. Exceptions include: Length is limited to the amount of data in the file Acquisition Sample Rate is fixed (use TransformResample to downsample) Number of analog and digital channels is fixed Playback is supported in *.acq format only.Graphs opened for Playback can be saved via FileSave As under a different name but the original source data filecannot be overwritten.Visit the online support center at www.biopac.com