--- In [email protected], "Remy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], ad11977@ wrote: > > > > On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:56:51 -0000 > > "rodney.gray00" <rgray@> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > I am a new Kicad user and I am having problems printing accurate > > > layouts created in PCBNEW. The printouts look to be very low > > > resolution which distorts both pads and traces to the point they are > > > not usable. I am running Kicad SVN-R1198 under Ubuntu 8.04. The > > > print preview shows the distortion also. I am able to transfer the > > > board to my Windows box and it will print just fine. I have been able > > > to work around the problem this way but it would be nice to do it all > > > from Linux. Any help would be appreciated.
If you print to ps or pdf and it looks like http://vkoeppel.free.fr/files/test_ps_print_output_cop.jpg i'd say I got the same problem. > > > > I don't use the print function in kicad but instead plot to ps and then > > print these files. This works fine. > > > > Igor > > You're right, with the plot function things are way better. But we can't plot different layers on one single page (usefull for documentation purpose) or am I missing something? > > > Hi, > I use .ps files too. Don't forget to set the resolution in your .ps > viewer to something like 300 or 600 dpi. (I use XnView with > Ghostscript : the default resolution is 75 dpi, very poor results). > > If you really want to print (rather than plot) maybe your printer > driver is not set correctly. But it's a better idea to plot. > If you are a kicad user (and not a developer or tester) I strongly > recommend to use a stable version, or at least, the current RC version > (2008 08 25 RC1b.tgz). You can download it there : > http://iut-tice.ujf-grenoble.fr/cao/ > Regards > Remy. > Victor
