Getting fabrication prints from Altium

[sajid6300shaikh]

Hello everyone,
I've been using Altium for 1 week now and I designed my first PCB in it, now to get it fabricated we generally send Corel draw files to the person who makes films from them and then we send those films to a low cost PCB fabricator.
To transfer PCB layers to corel draw we need to export the layers in Post script format(.ps or .eps) which is imported in Corel.
Now one way I can make ps files from altium is to print them through a Post Script driver which is a bit crude way, does anyone know a better alternative to making ps files from altium?

[Batang]

Have you heard of gerber files? I am sure your PCB fabricator has.

Cheers.

[free_electron]

?!? print as pdf. that can be imported.
but that is NOT the way boards are made ... gerber data

[c4757p]

This is the most convoluted scheme I've ever seen for making PCBs.

[Rigby]

they're sending them to someone that uses ferric chloride or something.  there is no other reason that this would be done.  I doubt this user is in the US or even in the western world.

[IconicPCB]

Ferric chloride means not a thing.

He is getting his film printed by a graphics printer who does normal printing of tools for print industry.

This is often good enough for PCB  photo tools as well.

[Rigby]

I'm sure it's good enough.

Seems to me that a PCB manufacturer would be able to offer a better price than some old photographic process.

I don't know.  You're right, I'm wrong, I get it.

[free_electron]

Rigby is spot on.

I did that at one point for finer pitch. Go to you local printing shop. They can typically 'flash' a foil.
Save as pdf or other common vector format like corel. They get you a pfotographically made transparency. Then use photosensitive board material to make ocb.

You can ask the printing shop to make a negative. So you can use negative material as it gives better results than the positive process.

I learned that the film used is mostly AGFA litex film and bought my own box and the chemicals for developing.

Print using an inkjet on glossy paper. Then shine light through the paper onto the litex. : deveelop

Razor sharp foils for making pcb's !