DS1054z printing with WHITE background instead of BLACK - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: JacquesBBB
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 06:04:26 pm
content: I dont know how to change the background from BLACK to WHITE in the DS1054z pictures fileswith some option.So I searched for a way to do it externally, because when printing, it looks much nicer, is more readable, and uses much less ink if the background is white.So here is my little trick that can be used by others : I just save normally the file in .png then open it in GraphicConverterhttp://www.lemkesoft.de/en/products/graphicconverter/download/and usesPicture -> Invert -> NormalWhich does the job in a click. This is on a Mac, but equivalent may exist on a Unix machine.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 06:36:22 pm
content: Most image editing software can do this: GIMP, Photoshop and even MS Paint will work.

author: JacquesBBB
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 06:45:51 pm
content: Perfect, but tell me, is it possible to do it internally in the DS1054z ?

author: Marcos
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 07:56:16 pm
content: Quote from: JacquesBBB on December 20, 2015, 06:45:51 pmhttps://youtu.be/tRxeFHl0iIY

author: JacquesBBB
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 08:53:57 pm
content: Nice to know,but the other solution has the advantage of being in color instead of Black & White.

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 20, 2015, 09:09:49 pm
content: You can skip the grayscale button.For non Mac-os folks: there is XnConvert that can make a "Negative" (invert) from a bulk set of images quickly. Or perform other operations.There will also be plenty other bulk image tools, but I find this one particularly comfortable to use because it's free of ads and it isn't trialware.

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 12:00:28 am
content: You can do this in Windows Paint also. I have Windows 7, may be different in other versions.In Paint, click "Select" then click "Select all".Next, right click on the image and then click "Invert color" (last choice on right click list).

author: JacquesBBB
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 06:01:56 pm
content: Searching on the Web, It seems that the most easy way to batch convertall pictures in a folder would be with a simple line of command of imagemagickhttp://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.phpthat can be installed on a Mac with (it is available on all platforms).brew install imagemagickThen the single script line can befor a in `ls *.png`; do convert -negate ${a%.*}.png ${a%.*}B.png; done

author: alsetalokin4017
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 07:46:40 pm
content: Quote from: JacquesBBB on December 20, 2015, 06:45:51 pmYes.Insert USB stick. Stop the scope with the Run/Stop button (for faster screensaves.)In Utility>Print Set> set Invert to ON, but leave Palette as Color. Then press the Print button and it will print to the USB stick, in colors but with white background.

author: JacquesBBB
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 21, 2015, 08:57:27 pm
content: Thanks,This is exactly what I was looking for, but I searched in the user guide and could not find it.This is by far the best method.

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 07:30:30 am
content: Thanks for the tip, the DS2000 series also seems to have that feature and I like it:

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 07:37:55 am
content: Quote from: miguelvp on December 22, 2015, 07:30:30 amInteresting.The T box top right indicates Rising trigger and Ch 2 all in red as you'd expect.Yet the level indicator T pointer is shown in blue.What's with that?

author: miguelvp
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 07:51:16 am
content: The original color for the trigger is orange, same color as the triger delta.It doesn't change color when you change channels, it stays orange.Edit which is very close to yellow which is the Chan 1 color before inverting. Look at the OP picture the 1000z series use the same color scheme other than the Trigger Delta value is white, on the 2000 is orange as well.I inverted the image again to get to the original look:

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 07:55:29 am
content: Quote from: miguelvp on December 22, 2015, 07:51:16 amOK, got that, but some would think that's a bug.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 08:13:35 am
content: Quote from: miguelvp on December 22, 2015, 07:51:16 amLike I said I do get that, OK it's Rigol's standard display configuration, confusing at first glance as it is as with every other colour LCD DSO I've ever used the Trigger level indicator is thesame colour as the selected Trigger channel. NOT just Siglents.It's just a strange/different/unexpected indicator in a coloured LCD DSO display IMO.Never noticed it before.....

author: alsetalokin4017
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 22, 2015, 10:03:14 am
content: The top right corner of the screen has the trigger channel indicated in the correct color, along with a symbol indicating type of trigger, and the trigger level.If the trigger indicators on the edges of the trace window were the same color as the trigger channel, some people would probably complain that they are confusing them with the Channel baseline indicators.I even saw a YT video just today where some fellow was complaining about the colors on the DS1054z, and the way he complained about them made me realize that he had a certain type of color-blindness (tritanomaly) and probably didn't realize it himself! He was also slapping the buttons around and twisting knobs like they were faucet handles and complaining about the responsiveness.

author: Karel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 25, 2015, 05:21:05 pm
content: DSRemote can create screenshots with white background/inverted colors.It's in the settings dialog.