I know it sounds like more steps to create the gerber files to print, but figure all of your wasted time trying to "get it to print" ....Camtastik is great for printing! That way you dont have load, unload, then reload print drivers when Protel goes nuts printing.
Glad you liked the humor, Joe. Mike Reagan EDSI Frederick MD -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Reagan Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 11:33 AM To: 'Protel EDA Discussion List' Subject: RE: [PEDA] To print PCB in scale 1:1 Export to gerber , use Camtastik to print. It has great control features for printing. I never use Protel to print anything including the text reports. It has to many driver problems and not good enough control. Eats too many trees Mike Reagan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jun Gong Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 10:28 AM To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: Re: [PEDA] To print PCB in scale 1:1 Printing PCB in strict 1:1 scale is not a easy job. Though you could specify 1:1 print scale in Protel, the output may still real 1:1. And even you got a 1:1 output on one printer, you may not get a 1:1 print on aother printer. The way I did is make a two round print. Following are the steps: 1) Draw 2 lines on a bland PCB file, one on X , one on Y direction. Suppose both of their length are 2 inches. 2) Print the PCB with 1:1 scale in Protel print option. 3)Measure the length of lines on the paper output. 4) If the line length of output is not 2 inches, calculate the adjustment ratio, and enter it into Protel's X scale and Y scale. 5) You could re-do step 2 to 4 to verify it is trule 1:1 on both X, Y direction. 6) Print the final true 1:1 PCB output. Regards. Jun gong ----- Original Message ----- From: "é" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 6:11 AM Subject: [PEDA] To print PCB in scale 1:1 > Hello, everyone, > > With your kind help I have completed the PCB of my BGA board. Thank you very > much. > To check the footprint created by myself before manufacturing, I hope to > print my PCB in scale 1:1. But cannot get the correct result. The size of > output PCB always varies with the paper size I selected. I thought there > must be some option to set but I could not find it. Could you please give me > advice? > > Thank you very much. > > Xiangchen > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > To Post messages: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
