Is there a way to export or convert the etching/routing to an image to be
printed? Right now I'm converting to PCB editor but this seems the long way
around. Just wondering if there is a way to print or export a photo mask
directly in layout.
Thanks,
Jon
You can print a layer directly to your printer driver (printer, pdf
generator, ...) from Layout.
Options | Post Processor Settings
Left click on the layer you want to print to highlight.
Right click and select "Plot to print manager".
You can also change the output format to "Printer Manager" and print
multiple layers as a batch file from Layout.
If you want to print the Gerber files, do that in GerbTool which comes
packaged with Layout.
If you really want to create image files so you can stick them in a
word processer document, get one of the printer driver interfaces that
use GhostScript. They will allow you to print to PDF and a variety of
image formats like GIF or PNG (don't use JPG for pcb artwork). I'm
using PDFCreator which can be found on SourceForge.
Mark