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Subject: Re: Printing pcb patterns negative or positive

From: "don_kinzer" <dkinzer@...>
Date: 2003-12-14

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "grantfair2001"
<grant.fair@s...> wrote:
> By positive, I mean that the copper tracks will appear white when
> printed on paper, and etched portions will be black. My PCB software
> does the usual "negative" print - copper tracks are black, etched
> areas white, but not the positive print.

Another idea:
The ThumbsPlus image manipulation program can invert colors. I
assume that others, e.g. PhotoShop, can as well. If the Ivex program
allows to you output an image (.bmp, .jpg, etc.) you could just
invert it with your image program and then print it.

Don