GGG's PCB layout for TS....

[wulla]

This is a dumb question, but....

The PCB layout for GGG's TS looks huge. I havent printed it out because I dont have a printer, but as it appears on screen from the link it looks way to big.

Also, the ruler that runs along the bottom and side of the layout is graded in inches, but the distance between , say, 0 and 1 inch looks alot bigger than just one inch to me.

Its really annoying me, have I got some sort of setting messing with me? thanx! :0)

[Xlrator]

I think most of the GGG layouts are 72dpi. As long as you print at 72dpi, you shouldn't have a problem. When you choose print, your printer should have a tab or button to change settings.

I usually open up a crapload of layouts and fit them onto one 8x11 300dpi page and print out at 300dpi. That's the highest my LazerJet can do. It makes the pads nice and round and keeps traces nice and smooth in crowded areas.

[wulla]

im not sure how this would fix it, but ill try it when i get it printed. Not sure why they just didnt make it the right size in the first place....:0(

[sfr]

the only way to *guarantee* that the file will print out the actual size from the original file for pretty much everyone is to save it as format like a .PDF (like the layout files on tonepad) - by saving the files as .GIF's or .JPG's, however, they can be viewed and printed right from your browser, which is helpful to some who can't access .PDF files (granted Acrobat is a free download, but I know that for a while I only had net access at a library w/o Acrobat loaded and I couldn't install programs on the computer) also, for those who want to edit the PCB layout for whatever reason, it's often easier to do so from a graphic file.  Making files as simple graphics is often times much easier, as well.  

I would either : a) open the file in a paint program or publishing program like word that allows graphics to be inserted, and size the graphic to the appropriate print size there before you print it, guaranteeing that it comes out the right dimensions, or b) print it, and then size it on a photocopier.  (I use this second method, since I use a photocopier for my P'n'P transfers anyway.)

I actually prefer the graphics type files, because the computer in my work area is a 486, and I can look .GIFs and .JPGs with a lot less hassle than .PDFs if I want to reference the original document while I'm working w/o printing out a copy . . .   But that's probably just me.