--- In [email protected], "bobstay_uk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi group, > > I'm just starting out with using kicad, and I'm having a problem with > printing. It can best be explained with a screenshot, so here is one: > > http://mainmast.dyndns.org/kicad-printing.png > > The left hand side is what I see in pcbnew, and the right hand side is > what comes out of my printer. As you can see, the printed output is > very crude and uneven compared to to what's shown in pcbnew. I can't > make PCBs with this - some of my smaller tracks actually merge into > one on the printout. > > At first I thought this must be my printer having too low a > resolution, but I've since tried printing to postscript and pdf (this > is where the right-hand image comes from) - and it comes out just the > same as on the printer. > > It's almost as if it's approximating the lines and pads onto a coarse > grid - but I can't see any settings like that in kicad or in the print > settings dialogs. I'm using debian linux.
Could you tell us which version of KiCad you are using? ... ie. what build version or release date? Did you build it or was it pre-built for Debian?
