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--- kicad:good_pdf_output_from_kicad [2013/05/20 14:36] – mithat
+++ kicad:good_pdf_output_from_kicad [2013/05/20 16:44] – mithat
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-====== PDF output from KiCad in Linux ======
+====== Good PDF output from KiCad in Linux ======
-The best way I've found to get good PDF output from Eeschema under Linux is to first export to PostScript (//File > Plot > Plot PostScript//) and then use the ''ps2pdf'' command from ''[[http://www.ghostscript.com/|ghostscript]]'' to convert to PDF. (The Arch wiki has a [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ps2pdf|good writeup]] on `ps2pdf`.)
+There are several ways to generate PDF documents of Eeschema files under Linux. The most reliable way I've found is to first plot to PostScript (//File > Plot > Plot PostScript//) and then use the ''ps2pdf''((The [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ps2pdf|Arch wiki]] has a good writeup on ''ps2pdf''.)) command from ''[[http://www.ghostscript.com/|ghostscript]]'' to convert to PDF:
+<code bash>ps2pdf -dOptimize=true -sPAPERSIZE=11x17 *.ps</code>
 The biggest problems with this are:
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   - It leaves you with both a PostScript and a PDF of the document(s), one of which is likely to get out of sync with the other, which may or may not be in sync with the actual schematic, etc.
-To help with this, I use the script below. I drop a copy of it into the root of a KiCad project and edit the ''OPTIONS'' as needed for the project. Then whenever I want PDFs of my schematics, I export PostScript from Eeschema and then click on this script in my file manager. Note that running this script will destroy any ''*.ps'' files in the directory---that’s by design.
+To help with this, I use the script below. I drop a copy of it into the root of a KiCad project and edit the ''OPTIONS'' as needed for the project. Then whenever I want PDFs of my schematics, I plot PostScript from Eeschema and then click on this script in my file manager. Note that running this script will destroy any ''*.ps'' files in the directory---that’s by design.
 <file bash makepdf>
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 done</file>
-I’ve not tried the script on PostScript files other than those produced by Eeschema, but I’ve got no reason to think it won’t work on other PS files as well.
+I’ve not tried the script on PostScript files other than those produced by Eeschema, but I’ve got no reason to think it won’t work on other PostScript files as well.