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Subject: Re[2]: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Are these pdf track images not dense enough?

From: Chris Wilson <chris@...>
Date: 2017-09-20

Hello James,


Thanks for sharing the info James, Windows only here unless they do a
MS version? Thank you for the help, hopefully now I am set up to
receive mails and reply to them via e-mail proper quoting will result.
Before i was struggling with the forum web interface!

Wednesday, September 20, 2017




>> I would be curious as to HOW you altered the pdf, and what with, if
>> you don't mind sharing this? My attempts have left images with poor
>> resolution (jagged edges when blown to a larger scale). 



> I used Imagemagick command line tool on my linux box...


>   $  convert -density 600 traces.pdf -threshold 50% traces-bw.pdf



> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 10:16 PM, chris@...
> [Homebrew_PCBs] <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


> Wonderful, that looks perfect. Not saying this is the cause of my
> problems, but at least I now know the images are truly black. I have
> now managed to get a clear acetate sheet stuck in my laser printer!
> It's been one of those jobs <LOL> Once I get it out i will compare
> the images from your pdf's with the originals when actually printed.
> Sincerest thanks to you for doing this, and to everyone else who has
> replied, made excellent suggestions, and made images.

> I would be curious as to HOW you altered the pdf, and what with, if
> you don't mind sharing this? My attempts have left images with poor
> resolution (jagged edges when blown to a larger scale).

> Thanks again everyone, will report back once I clear the printer jam!








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Best regards,
Chris mailto:chris@...