Homebrew PCBs

Matt -
I use Eagle as well, but instead of having it create postscript files, I 
have it create HPGL files. I then import them into CorelDraw, and move 
them around easily. Then it's only one pass.
Chris
KC8UFV

Matthew Smith wrote:
>
> I create my layouts in Eagle. When I create the PostScript file in the
> CAM processor, I keep changing the X/Y offsets of each design so that I
> can fill a whole sheet of paper. As my printer is actually a PCL type
> rather than PostScript, I convert PostScript to PDF and print the
> designs using Acrobat Reader, feeding the same sheet of paper back in
> each time. To make sure that I have calculated the correct offsets, I
> first perform this procedure using a sheet of plain copier paper. Once
> I am satisfied that I have no designs overlapping or too close together,
> I then print all the PDFs again onto the Laserstar film.
>
> The one thing that would make my process easier is if I had a tool that
> could merge my PostScript or PDF files. Tried it using an art package
> (the Gimp), without success. I also tried a bit of raw PostScript
> programming a year or so back, but that just gave me a headache ;-)
>
> Cheers
>
> M
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