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gEDA-user: Printer calibration issue?
Hello,
I am trying to redraw the artwork for a 3.1" by 1.65" printed circuit board in PCB. I am using a background image to help with this process, so I scale the size of the board in PCB to 3.1x1.64" (which obviously also scales the background image) and then draw an outline around this picture (in the silk layer). Printing this layer as a test, I found that the printer put out a rectangle that was approximately
2.75x1.51" Is this likely to be printer calibration issue? I also tried printing the outline that PCB automatically puts around the layers (top solder layer, for example): it was the same size (2.75x1.51").
Note: I did have to convert the .ps file output by PCB to a pdf before I could print, as the only printer I have available to me is not supported by GNU/Linux or ghostscript, so I was under windows. The printer is a Lexmark z705.
I guess what I'm asking is this: would it be safe to start doing the artwork in PCB with the board scaled to 3100x1650mils and then calibrate a better printer later on? I don't want to have to redo the artwork because it was the wrong size. I'm assuming that a lot of work went into making sure that PCB does things at the right size, so hopefully this is a printer issue.
Thanks,
Jeremy
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