On 23/12/2010 2:21 AM, mmaudioelectronics wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Wow Leon, that's very kind of you but that will be my last resort in
> case I don't find any other solution. Zorane, I've already tried that
> with local print shops but those guys simply don't know what I want.
> You know that face expression, like... heck, what is this guy talking
> about? PCB mask? :)) Besides, which format I should use to export my
> designes from Altium Designer? Acrobat .pdf?
>
> Regards ppl.
>
I use Altium and and print to pdf regularly. I personally use cutepdf
pdf printer and you can either change the default print settings for
normal print output (i've modified a fabrication output and set it to
default) or set up a custom output job that just prints the layer I want
and multilayer, and sometimes I'll have a separate layer with an outline
border / alignment marks. Be sure to set it to a monochrome print with a
scale set to 1.
I find altiums built in pdf output always seems to scale the image,
and/or stuff up the image quality. The separate pdf printer is higher
quality.
I've also got a cygwin script that takes a printout from altium with top
and bottom layers on two separate pages and puts them both on one page
with a border around each, makes it easier to make toner transfers
and/or transparencies. If I'm doing a toner transfer I separate the two
sides by 1.6mm then I can just fold the paper over the edge of the board
for easy alignment of sides. If anyone's interested let me know and I'll
upload it somewhere with some basic instructions when I find some time.
Andrew
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