From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Thu Nov 14 13:30:04 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id A5DCA4E0092; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:30:04 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <10.007D8CFF@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:16:05 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 1988 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:15:49 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 1492; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:15:05 -0500 Received: from hitchcock.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.23] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with ESMTP ; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:15:04 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by hitchcock.mail.mindspring.net Received: from smui02.slb.mindspring.net ([199.174.114.25]) by hitchcock.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18CRKK-0003Sq-00; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:15:04 -0500 Received: by smui02.slb.mindspring.net id QAA0000012847; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:15:04 -0500 (EST) X-Originating-IP: 198.174.60.66 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:15:04 -0500 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Charles Craft Subject: Re: [EE]: Printer to PCB? To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600509 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Evolution: 000006e1-0000 Once you mount a full size pen on the plotter arm it doesn't fit through the slot to get to the pen carousel to see that there are no pens to load. I had hot glued a spring clamp to the back side of the arm since the pens I'm using are too large to fit into the standard pen hold. I'm not sure the plotter arm is smart enough to know if it has a pen already loaded in it? On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:16:43 -0000 "Alan B. Pearce" wrote: > >Does anyone know how to have Eagle or the MS > Windows > >plotter driver not pick pen 1 (SP1). Right now > I'm > >sending the plots to a file and hand editting > the pen > >select out so that the plotter uses the pen I > load > >manually. > > What happens if you take all the other pens out > of the plotter? IIRC the > plotter will use whatever pen it finds first if > there is no pen in the > requested slot. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server > can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See > http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics