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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 19:35:24 -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 05:33 PM, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> 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?
> Yes, but you get them both on one gerber plot also.
>
> My point is, anything that gets you a useful postscript print (by
> putting pins and pin labels on the same page) gives you corrupt gerber
> prints (by putting pins and pin labels in the same gerber).
>
OK, yes, I see your point.  One way or another, the user has to remember 
to turn them off in one place or another.