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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Scaling problems using laser printer

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2006-03-12

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:44:03 +0100, lcdpublishing
<lcdpublishing@...> wrote:

> Yup, Laser printers do scale output slightly - copy machines do
>
> this as well. Generally it does not make much difference with PCBs
>
> (at least the ones I have made so far).
>
>
> chris
>


If your software does not support correction factors you can use irfanview
(freeware) to resize a image of the layout and print it then.
Remember to align your printer beforehand according to the service manual
if you notice skew of any sort.

ST