Homebrew PCBs

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 21:36:10 -0000, jpakrashi <jpakrashi@...> wrote:

>
> Thanks Mr.Heller,
> I don't have Pusonix and I don't wish to spend $5,000 printer
> utility or learning time. All I need is to tell the printer that my
> board (drawn area) is certain mm x certain mm and printer to adjust
> the print size to that. If I have a 2D .DXF file that has my board
> layout for a 131x73 board I want to print a 131x73 mm image on paper
> with the correct aspect ratio. Somewhat like autofit feature of
> windows printer utility.
> The purpose for this is to visualy check the board layout for trace
> or pad overlap(s)  before sending it to the board maker.
> Regards,
> JP

Do you consider it an option to just print the thing out, grab some  
calipers,
and check the dimensions?
For me printing at 1:1 ratio does work, but really nobody can tell for  
sure if it will for you.
Note that laser printers have a certain amount of distortion due to the  
process, which isn't
a prolem in many cases.
Don't make it more complicted than it is, just try and measure.

ST