Re: gEDA-user: home made pcb final check

[Joerg <joergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

DJ Delorie wrote:
>> I have a layout for a one layer pcb.  I have Pulsar's toner transfer
>> paper and white trf foil.  I found a shop in town that has a laser
>> printer.  I exported the pcb layout to gerber files.  I then used
>> gerbv to print post script files for each gerber file.
>>
>> Do I need to print mirrors or inverses of the top and/or the silk
>> screen layers?
> 
> Ah, the mirroring dilemma.  I suggest you put some text on your layers
> that should read correctly when you look at the physical board
> (i.e. NOT correctly on the screen, for the "back" layers).
> 

Nah, not "some text". A cool license plate, a sketch of your motorcycle, 
a copper tattoo, something more fun.

One old trick is to use three cross-hairs near the corners. If you stack 
up layers and suddenly there is a cross-hair in the fourth corner where 
there shouldn't be any you'd know something is wrong.

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