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PRINT full command syntax

autodeskguest

Good day all

 

I would like to generate a searchable pdf of schematic by running an Eagle

script command. I succeed with the following, for example:

 

PRINT landscape 1.0 -0 -caption FILE '<path/path/../myfile>-SCH.pdf' sheets

all paper a3;

 

This gives the desired result - I get a searchable pdf. However I do not

know how to set the other print options e.g. Alignment, Area, Calibrate,

Border - which are available via the Print Dialog box. If I cannot set

these options then I cannot guarantee a consistent result each time. Is

there full documentation available for the Print command?

 

Also, it would be ideal if I could access the printer settings using a ULP

call (so that the user could initially set the printer options via the

print dialog and on subsequent runs choose to re-use the same settings).

This is probably a dead end but I thought I'd ask.

 

Thanks in advance.

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  • in reply to clem57

    Apologies for late reply - there was a glitch meaning I couldn't post for a

    while.

     

    Clem - your reply is a bit cryptic for me. I did try to guess the missing

    command line options for PRINT but did not succeed.

     

    A bit of background to this - I have combined together several other ULPs

    in order to automate production of manufacturing pack (Gerbers, assembly

    drawings, BOM, pick-and-place, schematic, readme). It would be nice to

    ensure that the schematic pdf is produced consistently and does not depend

    on what print settings were chosen during the last manual print operation.

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  • in reply to autodeskguest

    Oh. A help on print shows all. And google gives EAGLE Help: PRINT . I think you can try all known options to see what you get.

    Clem

  • in reply to clem57

    Clem - thanks again, but the MIT help and the manual are incomplete. For

    instance, you will find several command line options in my example above

    that are not listed in any documentation that I have been able to find. I

    figured those out by trial and error.

     

    You can see all the options that PRINT command can take in principle, if

    you type PRINT at Eagle command line, unterminated with ';'.

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