Homebrew PCBs

Hello,

I'm using ExpressPCB for laying out my boards.  The majority are single
sided, but every now and then have to make a double sided board.  The bottom
side prints out okay for transfer to the board.  Unfortunately, the only way
I've been able to figure out how to get the top side oriented to transfer to
the board is to first make a transparency, flip the transparency over and
copy it to toner transfer paper.
Is there a way to print out the top side toner transfer ready to put on the
board using ExpressPCB?  Maybe another program that will flip the ExpressPCB
top side file?

-- 
  73,
  Mike, K4GMH


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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:55:37 -0400, you wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I'm using ExpressPCB for laying out my boards.  The majority are single
>sided, but every now and then have to make a double sided board.  The bottom
>side prints out okay for transfer to the board.  Unfortunately, the only way
>I've been able to figure out how to get the top side oriented to transfer to
>the board is to first make a transparency, flip the transparency over and
>copy it to toner transfer paper.
>Is there a way to print out the top side toner transfer ready to put on the
>board using ExpressPCB?  Maybe another program that will flip the ExpressPCB
>top side file?

I ran into the similar challanges with Free PCB and ViewMate on a
Laserjet 1022.
Get yourself a copy of Cute PDF Writer. It's free for noncommercial
use; the whole Cute PDF isn't. There's a free download about 1/4 of
the way down the WEB page.
href="http://www.cutepdf.com"
It loads as a virtual printer and outputs to a PDF file. When you are
ready to print the top, select "Cute PDF Writer" as your printer, go
to Properties, 
select Advanced on the Layout tab, under Document Options->PostScript
Options select PostScript Output Option:Optimize for Portability
 and Mirrored Output: Yes
Under Printer Features->Print Quality Mode: Best

Now print the resulting PDF file with your usual printer set to 100%.

Hello,

That worked!  Thanks for great information.

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:28 AM, <kabowers@...> wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:55:37 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm using ExpressPCB for laying out my boards.  The majority are single
> >sided, but every now and then have to make a double sided board.  The
> bottom
> >side prints out okay for transfer to the board.  Unfortunately, the only
> way
> >I've been able to figure out how to get the top side oriented to transfer
> to
> >the board is to first make a transparency, flip the transparency over and
> >copy it to toner transfer paper.
> >Is there a way to print out the top side toner transfer ready to put on
> the
> >board using ExpressPCB?  Maybe another program that will flip the
> ExpressPCB
> >top side file?
>
> I ran into the similar challanges with Free PCB and ViewMate on a
> Laserjet 1022.
> Get yourself a copy of Cute PDF Writer. It's free for noncommercial
> use; the whole Cute PDF isn't. There's a free download about 1/4 of
> the way down the WEB page.
> href="http://www.cutepdf.com"
> It loads as a virtual printer and outputs to a PDF file. When you are
> ready to print the top, select "Cute PDF Writer" as your printer, go
> to Properties,
> select Advanced on the Layout tab, under Document Options->PostScript
> Options select PostScript Output Option:Optimize for Portability
>  and Mirrored Output: Yes
> Under Printer Features->Print Quality Mode: Best
>
> Now print the resulting PDF file with your usual printer set to 100%.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Be sure to visit the group home and check for new Links, Files, and Photos:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Homebrew_PCBsYahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


-- 
  73,
  Mike, K4GMH


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