Mail Archives: geda-user/2014/04/03/08:20:24
Am 02.04.2014 12:21, schrieb Richard Bown:
> Hi,
> On the 8th attempt I now have a board ready to print on to a
> transparency.
>
> When printing is there any way of NOT printing the header sheet with
> the list of whats there ?
> I found I can deselect the top of the board OK, just want to print the
> bottom only.
>
> It would be nice if some how I could add to the printing menu the size
> 6X4", or a wee bit bigger, as I'm using a printer with a tray for photo
> paper as well.
> So I could pre-cut the film to 6x4" and load it from the top tray ,
>
> I see A, B, C & D sizes but not sure what they are, and I'm not sure on
> US paper sizes, sri.
> The paper guide on the printer tray will open out to 4.5" , so a little
> tolerance of size.
>
> many thanks
>
This is my first posting to this group, so I first say hello to everyone:
Hello all!
Until recently I Did it with Postscrip-Export and Import into Corel
Draw, which worked fine.
But as part of my auto-project-publish I wrote a perl-script for doing
this. (I'll wait for the restructuring in the hid-sources before I start
modifying the pcb-sources to have it integrated.)
Before calling the script you neet to export the pcb in two ways:
pcb -x ps --psfile <projectname>.ps --no-show-legend --no-align-marks
--outline --mirror --auto-mirror --media A4 --multi-file --drill-copper
<projectname>.pcb
and
pcb -x ps --psfile <projectname>color.ps --no-show-legend
--no-align-marks --outline --auto-mirror --fill-page --ps-color --media
A4 --multi-file --drill-copper <projectname>.pcb
The script takes the files representing the copper- and mask-layers from
the first export and arranges them on as few pages as possible. (Without
yet trying to save space by turning)
Then the script puts the the two assembly-layers of the second export
into either one or two pages, which depends on the size, and adds them
to the document.
The script ist still under development. The part do do the same with
.sch-files is currently in conception and the BOM-inclusion will be on
it's way. Many variable names and comments
are still in german, but this will change in future versions. The
current focus lies on the use of this script in another scrpt, thus the
calling of "pcb -x .." is also not part of the script, yet.
Also, please excuse the C-like programming style. I'm no perl-monk.
It can be found here:
http://www.philippklostermann.de/download/perl/compact-pcb-pdf
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