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To print a pcb use ![]() When you print your artwork, every layer will have the color you can see into the rectangle. The color can be modified using the relative cursors. To do a layer not printable (disabled) you must click on its color rectangle to have it half filled, or to select the Disabled option. The layer colors will have the video colors if you click the FASC button. |
To print any area of your files you must select the "Print rect" box,
using the "Input X/Y Min/Max" fields to enter the area coordinates (in mils).
If you select a rectangle block, with ![]() | ![]() |
To not print some pcb elements you must simply deselect the Pads / Via / Holes / Tracks boxes. To obtain a very good quality print you should use the 8 Bit color depth value.
As print file format you must use the "DIB" option. Use a different option if you have printer problem. To print the work as a picture file use the "BMP to Disk" option.
The "Layer Stackup" field must be used to define the first printed layer. Over this layer Circad will print all the other layers. So, selecting the value "8" the program will print, first, the "Bottom Copper" layer, then the layer number 9,10,11, ... , 253, 254, 255, 0, 1, 2, ... and, last, the layer number 7. So, the layer number 7 will be printed over the layer number 8, hiddening it.
Once you've print the pcb on special sheet, then you have to do the photogravure.