Em Ter 28 Fev 2006 12:11, George M. Gallant, Jr. escreveu: > I have identified and "fixed" the line splinters when printing to HP4000 > LaserJet > postscript printers and 45 degree angles. The problem was solved by > appending > round pins to the end points. I suspect that there are Postscript > options to print > line segments with rounded ends which could explain the success when > using > newer printers. > > What are the procedures to get the "fix" tested and installed? > > Also, I would like to generate a print option that would output the > bottom layer > mirrored and the top layer normal. Needed for using iron on transfers. > > I plan to attend the Wednesday night meeting. What are the options for > getting > there from the West of Boston? > > George
Hi George I do a lot of boards using iron, and of course PCB. I convert the .ps files from pcb to .sk wich is the native sketch (now named skencil) program. Sketch is a vector based editor. To convert it, I use pstoedit -f sk file.ps file.sk In sketch, I can mirror when I need, place some legends that could be usefull, and sometimes I do some editing in the layers. Like, its a good way to draw a nice logo to place over the board, using TrueType fonts, for example. Then, I save the draw as a PostScript file, and the print result from the files from sketch do not have the problems that we see when printing directly the output from PCB. Hope I have helped!