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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, teknochaman <teknochaman@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm almost newbie to PCB but not to offset
> printing/film/artwork etc., I wonder if it's possible
> (and legal) to capture any screen of own's expressPCB
> artwork and redirecting it to a desktop printer ?
> (inkjet, laser, etc.)
>
> Don't need gerber files nor have a budget for a PCB
> maker firm.
>
> Hope your hints.
>
> Samuel
The problem is that of the work involved.
if your board is small, you can get a free demo of WinQCAD and that
will print 1:1 for you.
you can get free CAD programs and do the same thing.
As for Express, you can do a screen print, then past it onto PAINT,
change the colors to black and white, fill in the holes in the lines,
and remove the extra stuff. Make lines larger, etc.
Then copy that to some other program and print it to scale. getting
it to scale is the hard part. All the rest is just time consuming.
My suggestion is to print it and paste it on a foam board, then place
our chips into the foam. That way, you can see if everything will fit
properly.
Dave
Dave