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Why not get artwork printed from the PDF files? Some PCB suppliers I knowDoes anybody know of an inexpensive pdf to Gerber converter for making
pc boards?
I have some very good quality pdf files (converted from postscript
files) that I'd like gerber files from.
Maybe the author of gerber2pdf.py could give you some hints about"Dave" <felt@caltech.edu> wrote in message
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Does anybody know of an inexpensive pdf to Gerber converter for making
pc boards?
I have some very good quality pdf files (converted from postscript
files) that I'd like gerber files from.
Why not get artwork printed from the PDF files? Some PCB suppliers I know
can work from that, although they prefer Gerbers.
Leon
Leon
Converting them to pdf did not enhance them. Also, retaining them inDoes anybody know of an inexpensive pdf to Gerber converter for making
pc boards?
I have some very good quality pdf files (converted from postscript
files) that I'd like gerber files from.
Thx!
My offhand guess is that the original postscript files are better.
converting postscript to PDF does not make any difference to quality."Dave" <felt@caltech.edu> wrote in message
news:c4ulb6$gbb$1@naig.caltech.edu...
Does anybody know of an inexpensive pdf to Gerber converter for making
pc boards?
I have some very good quality pdf files (converted from postscript
files) that I'd like gerber files from.
Thx!
My offhand guess is that the original postscript files are better.
Converting them to pdf did not enhance them. Also, retaining them in
postscript keeps Adobe out of the picture.
PDF files are made up of postscript, mostly. For vector-based stuff
"Dave" <felt@caltech.edu> wrote in message
news:c4ulb6$gbb$1@naig.caltech.edu...
Does anybody know of an inexpensive pdf to Gerber converter for making
pc boards?
I have some very good quality pdf files (converted from postscript
files) that I'd like gerber files from.
Thx!
My offhand guess is that the original postscript files are better.
Converting them to pdf did not enhance them. Also, retaining them in
postscript keeps Adobe out of the picture.
Who wants to get rid of Adobe anyway? But I suppose PS is more openBut Adobe *is* the creator of PostScript! So, PS or PDF, you won't get rid
of Adobe.
Costas
PDF is an open standard. Well, it's openly documented anyway, which isOn Wed, 7 Apr 2004 18:30:16 +0000 (UTC), the renowned "Costas Vlachos"
c-X-vlachos@hot-X-mail.com> wrote:
But Adobe *is* the creator of PostScript! So, PS or PDF, you won't get rid
of Adobe.
Costas
Who wants to get rid of Adobe anyway? But I suppose PS is more open
than PDF.
Still, I can convert postscript to Autocad, which might be useful. PDF seems"Tam/WB2TT" <t-tammaru@c0mca$t.net> wrote in message
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"Dave" <felt@caltech.edu> wrote in message
news:c4ulb6$gbb$1@naig.caltech.edu...
Does anybody know of an inexpensive pdf to Gerber converter for making
pc boards?
I have some very good quality pdf files (converted from postscript
files) that I'd like gerber files from.
Thx!
My offhand guess is that the original postscript files are better.
Converting them to pdf did not enhance them. Also, retaining them in
postscript keeps Adobe out of the picture.
But Adobe *is* the creator of PostScript! So, PS or PDF, you won't get rid
of Adobe.
Costas
OK, you got me. I thought postscript came from some printer manufacturer.
parport ECP etc... some audio stuff wave related I used the MS docs.PDF is an open standard. Well, it's openly documented anyway, which is
more than can be said for most (all?) MS file formats.
Wel actually a lot of MS stuff is documented.