Printing multiple pdf images on to one transparency to make several boards

[Chris Wilson]

I am trying to print about ten 1 to 1 scale images of the pdf in the attachment onto one A4 transparency to make multiple boards in one go, using photo etch PCB board. I can't work out how to retain the 100% scaling and get say 10 copies onto one transparency. I then want to UV light box them as all in one go onto a single sheet of photo sensitive single sided PCB and etch them all at once, then cut the boards off as individuals afterwards. I have Adobe Reader, but if I go to "Multiple Pages" it still shows the one one image, if you follow me?

Thanks. OS is Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. Printers are elderly HP laser jets, one B&W and one colour. The B&W gives denser print.

[dexters_lab]

you could load the pdf into photoshop and just paste the board multiple times onto a page... watch out to keep your dpis the same as your printer

[Andy Watson]

LaTeX is your friend!

[Lightages]

BTW, when exposing the boards, make sure you have the printed side of the transparency in contact with the board. You need to make sure that the image is printed mirrored of course. I am not sure if you knew these things but it is a good thing to know.

[Chris Wilson]

LaTeX is your friend!

What a star! Thanks, now how do I get chummy with latex, this is where you tell me it's a Linux thing, isn't it?


Thanks again Andy!!

[Chris Wilson]

BTW, when exposing the boards, make sure you have the printed side of the transparency in contact with the board. You need to make sure that the image is printed mirrored of course. I am not sure if you knew these things but it is a good thing to know.

Yep, have done many boards, but thank you for the reminder, I'll do a sanity test before ruining expensive photo etch board

[Andy Watson]

how do I get chummy with latex, this is where you tell me it's a Linux thing, isn't it?

There are windoze versions out there, but, paradoxically,  if you're not happy using a command line you will probably not appreciate how quick and easy it is to use.

http://www.latex-project.org/ftp.html

I've only tried the Miktex version on windoze XP - can't say that I liked it.

[tonyarkles]

how do I get chummy with latex, this is where you tell me it's a Linux thing, isn't it?

There are windoze versions out there, but, paradoxically,  if you're not happy using a command line you will probably not appreciate how quick and easy it is to use.

http://www.latex-project.org/ftp.html

I've only tried the Miktex version on windoze XP - can't say that I liked it.

As a long-time LaTeX user, I don't know that I'd describe it as "quick and easy" on any platform. Ten years in, I'm pretty comfortable with it, but when I was first starting out there was a lot of cursing trying to figure out how to get a whole document to lay out properly without my images and tables ending up in ridiculous places.