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Re: CNC drill holes and laser printer output, they do not align. Suggestions?

2010-06-21 by boombox666

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, kabowers@... wrote:
>
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:00:45 +0200, you wrote:
> 
> I apologize if this is a dumb question, but do you
> have every stage of the print stream set to 100%. In the
> past I have goofed and had "fit to page" enabled in either
> the board software or Windows printer driver configuration 
> and gotten similar results. This can easily be hidden if one dimension
> of the board is close to one of the paper dimensions.
> 
> May also be dirty/glazed drive rollers in the printer.
> 
> Keith Bowers WB4LSJ- Thomasville, NC
>

There are no stupid questions :-). 

But yes, in eagle CAD (the program I use for PCB design) everything is setup at 1 to 1 output. Checked and checked again in the printer driver.

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