X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com From: John Subject: [geda-user] why there is no HPGL export from gEDA PCB? Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:59:16 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 15 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet AT ger DOT gmane DOT org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 14.139.95.68 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0) Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com I have been using the DOS program Easytrax for my PCBs until recently. I have a Graphtek flatbed plotter that accepts HPGL files. I use the plotter to plot on a prepared copper-clad board using an OHP marker pen, and etch the board normally. This was a convenient way to make prototypes and hobby boards. I have now 'upgraded' to gEDA PCB for my layout work and find it quite convenient with a few exceptions. For one, there is no HPGL output, which means I cannot do my PCB fabrication using the plotter. Is there any way to get HPGL from a raster file such as PS? Thanks John