I just use a much simpler method for my boards right now. As I don't have a
laser printer, but my parrents do for their shop, I just export the file as
an HPGL file, and import it into CorelDraw, save it, and they print it and
press it on the board for me with their heat press. If I am making multiple
boards, I can put as many on the sheet as I want. I don't know what the paper
they use is, but I do know that it costs about $1 per legal size sheet.
(8.5x14)
Christopher Hart
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On Sunday 14 May 2006 11:10, William Kroyer wrote:
> I'm new to using the PCB layout CAD programs but I have found that
> you can place traces, etc outside of the 3"X4" area. You just can't place
> parts outside of that space. I tried copying and pasting a small boards
> layout next to each other and it did copy all of the traces and vias
> associated with the traces but not the vias for the parts. It would be
> a bit
> time consuming but you could, in theory, go through and replace the
> missing vias and then use that one to copy and paste multiple boards
> side by side.
>
> Mycroft2152 wrote:
> > Leon,
> >
> > I'm sure that works well in EASY PC, but as he said he
> > is using EAGLE. Most likely the free version which
> > only allows a 3" x 4" board, which is why he has a lot
> > of small files.
> >
> > If he has a full version of EAGLE , then he can
> > panelize, or cut and paste the pcb's there.
> >
> > I usually just cut out a small piece of the toner
> > transfer paper and attach it to a sheet of regular
> > paper with laser labels.
> >
> > Though it would be more convenient to paste the
> > graphics first and then print.
> >
> > I've just started using Adobe Acrobat Prof, but I t
> > seems there should be a way do do it there.
> >
> > TANSTAAFL!
> >
> > Myc
> >
> > --- Leon Heller <leon.heller@...> wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Kamal Shankar" <kbshankar2000@...>
> > > To: <eaglecad@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 3:08 PM
> > > Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Printing many small PCBs on
> > > a single A4 paper
> > >
> > > >I have a lot of small graphics/pictures as PS files
> > > > which I want to embed/convert into a single PS/PDF
> > > > file so that I can print out all the graphics in
> > >
> > > one
> > >
> > > > sheet instead of one small graphic per sheet.
> > > >
> > > > The individual graphics are on the average 1/10
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > size of A4 and I want to print as many of them as
> > > > possible on a single A4 sheet without changing
> > >
> > > their
> > >
> > > > original size/scale. (100%)
> > > >
> > > > Actually, the "graphics" are PCB layouts output by
> > > > EAGLE in PS format. I use the toner transfer
> > >
> > > method to
> > >
> > > > make my own PCBs and so I want to consolidate as
> > >
> > > many
> > >
> > > > small PCBs as possible in a single A4 Glossy paper
> > > > sheet.
> > > >
> > > > How do I do that ?
> > > >
> > > > I have access to Adobe Acrobat Prof. 6.0 and the
> > >
> > > GNU
> > >
> > > > Ghostscript set of tools.
> > >
> > > What I used to do with Easy-PC was to copy/paste the
> > > individual PCBs into a
> > > larger PCB and print that. If you output them as
> > > Gerber files you might be
> > > able to use GC-Prevue to panellise them.
> > >
> > > Leon
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