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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 17:25:08 -0700
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] PCB: why does pin name lettering appear on top &
 bottom copper Gerber output?
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On 09/10/2013 04:40 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> For a postscript check plot, the pin and pinlabel can be plotted
>> together as a layer group, correct?
> Ah, but the problem is, the exporter can't tell if it's postscript or
> gerber.  It does the same for both cases.  So either the gerber has
> pinlabels on the main layers, or the postscript has pinlabels alone on
> a page.
But doesn't everything in a "layer group" come out on one page?  If I 
have a "component" layer (with pads) and a "signal 1" layer with tracks 
both part of the same group, I get a group plot with both, yes?