Homebrew PCBs

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Mickelsen" <mark.mickelsen@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 10:01 AM
Subject: RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Toner Transfer Methodology


> I'm new at this and I may be doing it all wrong.  I have my PCB software
> generate the layout as a PDF file so I can print it out on my laser 
> printer.
> Is there a better format that I should be using for the printout?  Also, 
> the
> top layer, bottom layer, silkscreen, and other things all come out as
> separate files.  I would like to be able to combine them all on a single
> sheet of photo paper for printout.  Does anyone know of a piece of 
> software
> that will let me combine the files together into a single file for 
> printout?
> My boards are small enough that all these different things will fit on a
> single 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of photo paper and it would be nice to not have 
> to
> print out several sheets for just one small board.  Or am I just going 
> about
> this the wrong way in the first place?
> Some help from the more experienced players would be greatly appreciated.

You could just print directly, of course. I only create PDFs if other people 
need to use my artwork.

The Pulsonix software I use has a plot facility which allows layers to be 
combined on the output, and they could be offset to get them all on one 
page. By default they come out superimposed. How about outputting them as 
Gerbers and combining them with GC-Prevue? You might be able to offset each 
one to fill the page.

Leon
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