printing schematics in Eagle

Mr. Triatic · 12th June 2006, 03:46 PM

A friend of mine having problem printing boards, it doesnt matter if hes printing directly or making a pdf.
The board always gets too small, not to scale at all, wrong settings somewhere?

I can print boards myself, in the correct size, but i cant find anywhere to fix his problem..

sklimek · 13th June 2006, 04:17 AM

If he is having problems with the film from a PDF file being slightly too small or large check the settings in the PDF format. For example it is not enough for the zoom window to be 100%. If you open up the zoom window and check at the bottom make sure the 'actual size' is checked and not the 'fit width' or 'fit page' - you will not have a true 100%, it will be slightly off - I learned this the hard way. Also, after you print the film but before exposing and etching, place a couple of componets on the film as a double check, terminal blocks and dip chips work well.

Hopefully that will do it...

edit:

Also, the scale factor in Eagle should be 1.

12th June 2006, 03:46 PM	#1
Mr. Triatic diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SWE EU	printing schematics in Eagle A friend of mine having problem printing boards, it doesnt matter if hes printing directly or making a pdf. The board always gets too small, not to scale at all, wrong settings somewhere? I can print boards myself, in the correct size, but i cant find anywhere to fix his problem.. __________________ www.joddla.net/audio/

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13th June 2006, 04:17 AM	#2
sklimek diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Arizona badlands	If he is having problems with the film from a PDF file being slightly too small or large check the settings in the PDF format. For example it is not enough for the zoom window to be 100%. If you open up the zoom window and check at the bottom make sure the 'actual size' is checked and not the 'fit width' or 'fit page' - you will not have a true 100%, it will be slightly off - I learned this the hard way. Also, after you print the film but before exposing and etching, place a couple of componets on the film as a double check, terminal blocks and dip chips work well. Hopefully that will do it... edit: Also, the scale factor in Eagle should be 1.

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