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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 25/03/2015 18:24, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
> On 3/25/2015 12:22 PM, jp charras wrote:
>> Le 25/03/2015 16:36, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>>> Orson,
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking into this.  Linux users will appreciate your efforts.
>>>
>>> As far as I can tell, it didn't break anything on windows.  The mirrored
>>> printing is still broken on windows with wx 3.0.2 but that has nothing
>>> to do with your changes.  I have to keep a build of 3.0.1 to do mirrored
>>> printing so I can etch prototype boards.  I'll test this on linux when I
>>> get a chance.
>>>
>>
>> To etch prototypes, you could use ps files created by the plot ps
>> dialog, and print them using gsview (to avoid to maintain a wx 3.0.1 build).
>> (strangely, print mirror works for me on W7 (32 bits) + wx 3.0.2)
> 
> I cannot get 3.0.2 to work with 32 bit builds using ether gcc 4.7.2 (old
> msys/mingw32) or gcc 4.9.2 (msys2/mingw32).  Are you running your 32 bit
> builds on a 32 bit or 64 bit system?  I'm running on 64 bit systems so
> maybe that's the problem.

I am running the 32bit build on a 32 bits system.
I am using gcc-4.8.1 on msys2 + TDM-GCC-32 (not the latest TDM-GCC
version which is built with gcc-4.9, but the previous).


> 
>>
>> This is the way I used at IUT to make prototype boards of my students,
>> and it works fine (the scale is very accurate, especially if you are
>> using ps printers, but it works fine with other printers).
> 
> Thanks for the tip.  I've done this in the past when printing from KiCad
> was really hit or miss.  Things have gotten much better.  It's just more
> convenient to print directly from KiCad rather than going through the
> extra step of printing to postscript and then printing the postscript file.
> 
>>
>> But I am thinking you do not have a PS printer, because on W7, PS
>> printers (and PDF virtual printers) do not print thick lines correctly
>> (these lines (tracks...) are printed as very thin lines).
>> It does not happen with other printers like pcl printers (I have a pcl
>> printer) ...
>> Perhaps these printing issues depend on the printer driver.


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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS