Re: gEDA-dev: Printing from PCB

[John Griessen <john_g-at-NOSPAMcibolo_dot_com>]

DJ Delorie wrote:
>> It occurs to me that this is the same mirroring needed for toner
>> transfer.. Do you have to do similar?
> 
> I just did a board[*] that uses toner transfer to etch the solder side
> of a board I designed from the top.  It took a few minutes for me to
> figure out whether I wanted it mirrored or not when I printed it.  The
> answer was "not".  What I end up doing is disabling "auto mirror" and
> exporting twice, once for each mirroring type.  Then I have lots of
> pages to choose from.
> 
> [*] http://www.delorie.com/pcb/r8c-1b-adapter/

Students and other newbies will hit this and the rest of us when we forget... 
Perhaps the dialog box could include a style reminder that some copper text on
		your board is very helpful,
perhaps a check box for both ways to mirror...
perhaps output page and filenames that say as drawn,  mirrored; straight, 
reversed;  AC/DC

John G


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