Problem with printing results of PCB in Protel99SE

[planet1]

Protel99SE

Hi, I have a problem with my Protel 99 SE. When I print a PCB, dimension on the paper are not same with the dimension on the PC.
Rectangular 100x100(mmxmm) on the PC adequate on 104x104(mmxmm) on the paper.
Does anybody knows how can I solve this problem?

 

[binu G]

Protel99SE

Check your Scale setting you used durring printing.
if it is 1:1 then some printers have some print offset.
my it an offset in that case.

binu g

 

[House_Cat]

Re: Protel99SE

In addition to what Binu G said above, make sure that you have "standard print" selected in the printer properties. If you select "whole board on one page" the printout is scaled to fit the page, and will not be a true 1:1 printout.

 

[arcaphill]

Protel99SE

No one is best, it's depend on your requirment!
I used Protel, PowerPCB & Cadence, each one has its own characteristic. Protel is easy to learn, PowerPCB is uesd for 4-8 layers PCB layout, if you want more layers PCB, Cadence is a good choice!

 

[terka]

Re: Protel99SE

Hi men...

I want to learn to use eagle pcb, but protel99 is better??

Please help me in this issue.....

some reference??

Thank you

 

[diodo]

Re: Protel99SE

Protel 99se is good for Windows ME but
Protel DXP2004 is better in windows XP