How to get a 100% scale to a pdf

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:46:57 -0400, cjolly wrote

(in article <ge8bq2$8jm$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de>):

  I print the circuit layout for etching using photo paper through a

laser printer. While it is nice to print directly to the paper from

Eagle, I would like to send the copy to a pdf file. To save paper, I

have ran the same photopaper thru the printer several times moving the

circuit around on sheet till I fill the sheet up.  The bad part of this

is when I run the photo paper thru the printer several times, black

streaks appear. I have tried to save to a PDF file of which I could copy

the circuit several times on a blank sheet.  When I save a printed

circuit board as a pdf file, the size gets distorted and makes it

difficult to get the circuit back to the original size. How do you save

the circuit to a PDF as the same size?

Hello,

A better format for doing that is EPS I think.  You'll need some s/w that can

handle it.  Not a problem on Linux, you'll have to search for some on

Windows.

BTW, we typically like it if you use your real name on the forums.  It's a

small community

Cheers,

James.

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James Morrison wrote:

On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:46:57 -0400, cjolly wrote

(in article <ge8bq2$8jm$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de>):

 

  I print the circuit layout for etching using photo paper through a

laser printer. While it is nice to print directly to the paper from

Eagle, I would like to send the copy to a pdf file. To save paper, I

have ran the same photopaper thru the printer several times moving the

circuit around on sheet till I fill the sheet up.  The bad part of this

is when I run the photo paper thru the printer several times, black

streaks appear. I have tried to save to a PDF file of which I could copy

the circuit several times on a blank sheet.  When I save a printed

circuit board as a pdf file, the size gets distorted and makes it

difficult to get the circuit back to the original size. How do you save

the circuit to a PDF as the same size?

 

Hello,

 

A better format for doing that is EPS I think.  You'll need some s/w that can

handle it.  Not a problem on Linux, you'll have to search for some on

Windows.

 

BTW, we typically like it if you use your real name on the forums.  It's a

small community

 

Cheers,

 

James.

 

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James Morrison  ~~~  Stratford Digital

 

email:  sales@eagletoolkit.com

fax:    888.701.8097

web:    http://www.eagletoolkit.com

 

Online EAGLE Dealer for US and Canada

EAGLE Design Experts

EAGLE Enterprise Toolkit

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Thanks for the response.  I'll google EPS. BTW, C Jolly is my real name 8-)

cjolly wrote:

I print the circuit layout for etching using photo paper through a

laser printer. While it is nice to print directly to the paper from

Eagle, I would like to send the copy to a pdf file. To save paper, I

have ran the same photopaper thru the printer several times moving the

circuit around on sheet till I fill the sheet up.  The bad part of this

is when I run the photo paper thru the printer several times, black

streaks appear. I have tried to save to a PDF file of which I could copy

the circuit several times on a blank sheet.  When I save a printed

circuit board as a pdf file, the size gets distorted and makes it

difficult to get the circuit back to the original size. How do you save

the circuit to a PDF as the same size?

Printing from Eagle is the best way for this IMHO. Adding in a another step

(format) will inevitably lead to errors creeping in.

What you could to do is look how you can panelise your design in Eagle so

that you have several PCB layout designs in the board editor window.

This is trivial to do, by breaking one of Eagles golden rules.  You must

close the sch window and work only on the board editor.  saving the board

under a new name of course.  You can then Group, cut and paste your design

in the board editor window.

You can also with some messing about cut and paste different designs into

the same board window for printing.  I don't think it is ever a good idea to

run the same paper/transparency/photo paper, as it again inevitabley leads

tom poor pick up, or  small errors creeping in as the paper is heated sever

times.

cheers

DAvid

David Moodie wrote:

cjolly wrote:

I print the circuit layout for etching using photo paper through a

 

Printing from Eagle is the best way for this IMHO. Adding in a another

step (format) will inevitably lead to errors creeping in.

 

What you could to do is look how you can panelise your design in Eagle

so that you have several PCB layout designs in the board editor window.

 

Tnanks for responding Dave. I tried that, but I am using the freeware

version and I only have so much room to use.

cjolly pravi:

David Moodie wrote:

cjolly wrote:

I print the circuit layout for etching using photo paper through a

 

Printing from Eagle is the best way for this IMHO. Adding in a another

step (format) will inevitably lead to errors creeping in.

 

What you could to do is look how you can panelise your design in Eagle

so that you have several PCB layout designs in the board editor window.

 

Tnanks for responding Dave. I tried that, but I am using the freeware

version and I only have so much room to use.

 

 

Did you try just export as image? You can arrange bitmaps in any graphic

program and print. Of course use 1:1 scalling. 600 DPI is good enougth.

Slavko.

cjolly pravi:

I print the circuit layout for etching using photo paper through a

laser printer. While it is nice to print directly to the paper from

Eagle, I would like to send the copy to a pdf file. To save paper, I

have ran the same photopaper thru the printer several times moving the

circuit around on sheet till I fill the sheet up.  The bad part of this

is when I run the photo paper thru the printer several times, black

streaks appear. I have tried to save to a PDF file of which I could copy

the circuit several times on a blank sheet.  When I save a printed

circuit board as a pdf file, the size gets distorted and makes it

difficult to get the circuit back to the original size. How do you save

the circuit to a PDF as the same size?

Did you try just export as image? You can arrange bitmaps in any graphic

program and print. Of course use 1:1 scalling. 600 DPI is good enougth.

Slavko.