Output

The experimental data and profile parameters can be send to a file or to the printer. The graphs can be printed or plotted on HP plotter or laser printer (HP-GL language compatible).

Saving data on disk

Submenu Save file of Files (Main menu)

Saves the data or a part of current file in current theta limits to disk in one of the following ways :

Rewrite original file (user is asked for confirmation first)

New file
first complete filename must be given , since the original name is offered, a care must be given to not erase the original file

Data file for Graph
the data are stored in columns : angles, intensities, calculated intensities

BAR file
only set of peaks is saved in the columnar form: h k l position - 2 q intensities,

PCX file
The graph is saved in PCX format. In main graphic menu activate by pressing <ALT G>.

Output of profile parameters

Control of the output of the XRD line profile parameters to plotter, printer, screen and file. Plot, Write, Show parameters

Printing and saving. Submenu Write.

Activate the output by selection of RUN in the menu. Writing the profile parameters of the peaks of the current phase of current file in a table form to printer, file and screen, respectively. The parameters are written to all the devices which are set to ON (Printer, Screen, Filename not empty). If Filename is given, then the .PRN extension is attached and the corresponding directory is attached to the name (see Environment). If the file already exists, then the parameters are only attached to it.

Listed parameters
The parameters which are set to ON are listed in a table form. In all cases the peak indices and positions are printed. Optional parameters are : peak heights, integrated intensities, widths (integral breadths, halfwidths), center of gravities and shape parameters (see Functions), interplanar spacings. The item Angular units of the submenu is a toggle defining whether the widths are written in angular (2 theta) or reciprocal lattice (1/d - in 10^-10 m) units. A table title can be added.

Printer setting
The type of printing can be selected by Printer setting which allow to switch on/off the following modes : Elite, Compressed [default], Emphasized. This can be useful if the table is too wide for the paper format, for example.
The commands are only valid for Epson line printers.

Last columns of the table (Type) inform on the fitting function and corrections included

Type conventions :
Function type - Pearson ...................P
Asymmetric Paerson 1 ......................A
Asymmetric Pearson 2 ......................S
pseudo-Voigt .....................................V
Asymmetric pseudo-Voigt ...............X
Rational ...............................................R
Direct profile analysis .......................d
Undetermined parameters .................e

Correction -
polarization ........................................ p P
Lorentz ... .............................................l L
absorption ... ......................................a A
(upper case - correction performed after fitting)

Plotting the data. Submenu Plot.

Activate the output by selection of RUN in the menu. It sends the latest graph from the Graphics to HP plotter (Com1 ON) and/or to the file specified in Filename. If Filename is given, the .PLT extension is attached and file is automatically created. If the Laser printer is ON then the file for HP laser printer is written in HP-GL language.

Before sending of the graph some parameters can be changed in Frame image and Plot image. The paper size and orientation can be changed by Paper image .

Frame image:
The axes description of the graph for plotter. The X- and Y- limits are taken from the Graphics but can be changed again here (Left, Right, Top, Bottom limits). The axis labels can be modified or switched off/on together with ticks (Axis). The division of both axes can be changed by Division X(Y).

Plot image:
The parameters of plotting data are taken from the Graphics, but can be changed in the table for all files.

Pen ....................... pen number (1-6)
Symbol ................ see Symbols
Line type ............. see Line types
Symbol mode .......if ON, then in each point a symbol is plotted regardless of line type
Peak label ............. if ON then indices of reflections are written to the peak vertically
Peak marker .......... if TRUE then short lines as markers are plotted at the top of the figure

The text, size and color of the title can be modified by Text string , Label height , Label width , Slant (use 0-0.2) and Label pen .

Paper image:
The default parameters for the figure orientation and size are loaded from the configuration file, but can be changed here.

Paper A4............... ON .... A4 format OFF ... A3 format
Rotate 90............... ON .... basic orientation for the corresponding format, OFF .... rotation on 90 degrees
Velocity velocity of pen can be varied within the range 1-40
Origin.................... X(Y) origin of the figure in milimeters
Graph Size............. X(Y) size of X(Y) axis in milimeters

Show parameters