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Marko
Tue Oct 16 2007, 08:07PM Print
Marko Registered Member #89 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 02:40PM
Location: Zadar, Croatia
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Hi guys, excuse my ignorance:

I wonder how can I print many copies of single small board on the same paper at once?

Using multiple-pages per sheet didn't seem to work, I just get a single image scaled down to like 10x even when I manually set the printer to keep A4 scale.
Eagle simply seems to dislike it.

Only thing I know would be reinserting the paper and changing the position (vertical/horizontal) what I definitely don't want to do.

Any suggestions?
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ragnar
Tue Oct 16 2007, 09:59PM
ragnar Registered Member #63 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 06:18AM
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The really obvious solution (to me) is to make a duplicate of your file (myboard-panels.brd), and duplicate your artwork... =P

Use the "group" tool to select your whole board,
Use the "scissors" tool to copy it,
Use the "paste" (looks like a pen with a shiny yellow light spraying out one end) to paste a new instance, and position it where you'd like...


Failing that, perhaps you can get a copy of Adobe Acrobat, "print to PDF" and edit the PDF to copy/superimpose different art...

Alternatively, export to TIFF (with a known scale) and reassemble in photoshop... I'd really just duplicate the artwork though. wink

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Marko
Tue Oct 16 2007, 10:18PM
Marko Registered Member #89 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 02:40PM
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The trick is that I have freeware edition of eagle and can't fit much board copies in.

I thought about exporting but feared of losing the scale.

Failing that, I'l at least try to fit 4 boards, flip and try printing 8 per page (I need 50..)

I just thought if there was a nicer way to do that.
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Tue Oct 16 2007, 11:28PM
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Why not just export the gerber files and then do the panelising in a real gerber editor?
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Petezel
Mon Oct 29 2007, 01:33PM
Petezel Registered Member #211 Joined: Sun Feb 19 2006, 05:33PM
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Hey, Marko
I have often wondered exactly that question. The PDF print/edit method sounds possible, but obviously less than ideal.
If it is a small and uncomplicated single layer board, I would consider translating it to a 2D CAD drawing package and manipulate it from there. Some CAD apps can read gbrs directly, but I don't think the free EAGLE can export them.
Let's see how this one turns out.
Regards,
Petezel
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