GPIB Printer capture

[cncjerry]

I have a device that prints calibration results to a GPIB printer on port 8.  I've been coding with Agilent visa using vb.net and couldn't find a way to have the PC look like a GPIB device so that a VB program could act like the printer.   I have two-way communications working with any device on the GPIB network using vb.net so that works. 

Any ideas?

[VK5RC]

Is ke5fx plotter emulation useful ?
 http://www.ke5fx.com/gpib/7470.htm

[TSL]

Besindes the excellent plotter program VK5RC mentioned, if you actually need a printer emulator, use this...

http://www.printcapture.com/

My HP 54720A only talks to printers over GPIB and that program lets me capture its output. See attached.

regards

Tim

[cncjerry]

Thanks for the pointers.  I tried the printcapture program and I guess it is picking up the wrong VISA as I have Keysight and TekVisa on this machine.  I'll try downloading the NI version and go from there.

I keep thinking I should be able to do this with vb.net as it has a listener resource manager but wasn't able to get it working with the limited examples available.

I know there is a python version as well but haven't found a link.

Thanks again.