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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Scaling problems using laser printer

2006-03-12 by Stefan Trethan

On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:44:03 +0100, lcdpublishing  
<lcdpublishing@...> wrote:

> Yup,  Laser printers do scale output slightly - copy machines do
>
> this as well.  Generally it does not make much difference with PCBs
>
> (at least the ones I have made so far).
>
>
> chris
>


If your software does not support correction factors you can use irfanview  
(freeware) to resize a image of the layout and print it then.
Remember to align your printer beforehand according to the service manual  
if you notice skew of any sort.

ST

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