Ok I finally found what you guys were talking about when it comes to
doing the printing for the PCB etching when using ExpressPCB.
It does clutter up the page with a bunch of dots and stuff like it shows
in the background of the drawing.
However, I also found a way around it.
If after your done you click on "edit" and then "copy silkscreen layer
to clipboard" you can paste is into a graphic application and the back
ground junk is gone leaving a very neat image to print out. The problem
is the image resolution is only 200X200 so it's prints terribly for our
purposes.
However I also increased the image resolution by creating a high
resolution image first and then pasting to it. It asks me if I want to
"resample" and I said yes. Then the new image is 600X600 which is what I
made the original image.
Now I get a *really* crisp clean image after it is printed out and the
copy I make on the copy/fax machine has no white dots in it.
Don't have any pc blanks yet because we cant afford them yet this month
but when I do I think I am ready to go with it/ I can't wait.
Thought I would share this with everyone who can't afford the other
stuff and wants full capability as far as size and stuff is concerned.
I tried Eagle and have seen quiet a learning curve there.
7&3 fer nw,
KE5CTY (old calls WB5ZQU - WY5L)
http://www.qsl.net/ke5cty/
Code may be dying but the pioneering spirit that put the code there in
the first place is still going strong.
doing the printing for the PCB etching when using ExpressPCB.
It does clutter up the page with a bunch of dots and stuff like it shows
in the background of the drawing.
However, I also found a way around it.
If after your done you click on "edit" and then "copy silkscreen layer
to clipboard" you can paste is into a graphic application and the back
ground junk is gone leaving a very neat image to print out. The problem
is the image resolution is only 200X200 so it's prints terribly for our
purposes.
However I also increased the image resolution by creating a high
resolution image first and then pasting to it. It asks me if I want to
"resample" and I said yes. Then the new image is 600X600 which is what I
made the original image.
Now I get a *really* crisp clean image after it is printed out and the
copy I make on the copy/fax machine has no white dots in it.
Don't have any pc blanks yet because we cant afford them yet this month
but when I do I think I am ready to go with it/ I can't wait.
Thought I would share this with everyone who can't afford the other
stuff and wants full capability as far as size and stuff is concerned.
I tried Eagle and have seen quiet a learning curve there.
7&3 fer nw,
KE5CTY (old calls WB5ZQU - WY5L)
http://www.qsl.net/ke5cty/
Code may be dying but the pioneering spirit that put the code there in
the first place is still going strong.