Re: gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-30 Thread DJ Delorie
> I guess you're on to me now! I printed PCB transfers without calibrating > my printer! :-) I used to do that, but did a full calibration when I started making my own paste stencils for fab-made boards. The holes didn't line up otherwise. > (you think we could get kickbacks from fab houses i

Re: gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-30 Thread Ben Jackson
On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 12:47:54PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > > What about printing some instructions in the middle of the page? > > We do. I guess you're on to me now! I printed PCB transfers without calibrating my printer! :-) (you think we could get kickbacks from fab houses if we added

Re: gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-30 Thread DJ Delorie
> What about printing some instructions in the middle of the page? We do. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-30 Thread Ben Jackson
On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 10:42:53AM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote: > > The rectangle is 10.25 x 7.5. The semicircles do not line up with the > box; they're 10in apart in Y and 7.5in apart in X. Measure between > the semicircles. The box is for checking your printer for linearity, > not for calibration

Re: gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-30 Thread DJ Delorie
> Hi, I've gived a look to the code in the cvs, and in > src/hid/gtk/gtkhid-main.c I've found: Doh! I forgot this aspect isn't hid-independent. Fixed. > Why the calibration page say the calibration box is 10.25 x 7.75 > while in the code you check for 10.00 x 7.50 ? And which should be > the e

Re: gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-30 Thread Anselmo
Hi, I've gived a look to the code in the cvs, and in src/hid/gtk/gtkhid-main.c i've found: static HID_Attribute printer_calibrate_attrs[] = { {"Enter Values here:", "", HID_Label, 0, 0, {0, 0, 0}, 0, 0}, {"x-calibration", "X scale for calibrating your printer", HID_Real, 0.5, 2, {0, 0,

Re: gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-29 Thread DJ Delorie
> i got 2 for every number above 2.000 Ok, that's *very* odd, as there's no code in there to do that. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-29 Thread Anselmo
Alle giovedì 29 novembre 2007, DJ Delorie ha scritto: > > And if you just type "4" for both numbers, does it work? No, i stil get 2 i got 2 for every number above 2.000 > > (also, you can type in the ratios if you calculate them yourself; the > number it *wants* is a number very near 1.0, which

Re: gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-29 Thread DJ Delorie
And if you just type "4" for both numbers, does it work? (also, you can type in the ratios if you calculate them yourself; the number it *wants* is a number very near 1.0, which it uses as a global scale factor) ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@mo

Re: gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-29 Thread Anselmo
Alle mercoledì 28 novembre 2007, DJ Delorie ha scritto: > > Did you type in commas or periods when you typed it in? I.e. 3.99 or 3,99 ? > I've typed in period (3.99) as in the prefilled number, anyway it doesn't accept comma. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-28 Thread DJ Delorie
Did you type in commas or periods when you typed it in? I.e. 3.99 or 3,99 ? ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user

Re: gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-28 Thread Anselmo
In fact i have :-) I've made a correct reading but a wrongfull writing. The measures were X=3,975 in Y=3,999 in so we are not to far from 4 in But if I try to insert 3,975 or 3,999 in the form, it calculate a ratio of 2, in fact for any data I insert that is above 2 it insert 2. But if i've un

Re: gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-28 Thread DJ Delorie
> i was trying to calibrate my printer, so i measure the X and Y lines > with a caliper and i get x=3,975 in Y=4,999 in (if i've read > correctly my caliper :-)) Hopefully, you haven't. Those lines should both be 4 inches long. If you type in "4" for both answers, you end up with calibration va

gEDA-user: pcb printer calibration

2007-11-28 Thread Anselmo
Hi, i was trying to calibrate my printer, so i measure the X and Y lines with a caliper and i get x=3,975 in Y=4,999 in (if i've read correctly my caliper :-)) But i was unable to insert a number larger than 2,000 and the log window said X value of 2 is too far off. Y value of 2 is too far off

Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] printer calibration

2007-02-11 Thread john
DJ Delorie wrote: The lesstif HID now has printer calibration. It prints a test page, you measure it, tell it the numbers, and it adjusts future printouts to compensate. Way to go, DJ! JG ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://w

Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] printer calibration

2007-02-11 Thread Sten Björnebro
On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:00:18 -0500 DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The lesstif HID now has printer calibration. It prints a test page, > you measure it, tell it the numbers, and it adjusts future printouts > to compensate. > Wery good i have asked for that before And now it fixt. Tha

Re: gEDA-user: [pcb] printer calibration

2007-02-10 Thread Dave McGuire
On Feb 10, 2007, at 5:00 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: The lesstif HID now has printer calibration. It prints a test page, you measure it, tell it the numbers, and it adjusts future printouts to compensate. Ok, now THAT is cool. I really need to get the rest of my hardware online (just moved) so

gEDA-user: [pcb] printer calibration

2007-02-10 Thread DJ Delorie
The lesstif HID now has printer calibration. It prints a test page, you measure it, tell it the numbers, and it adjusts future printouts to compensate. ___ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ge