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--- kicad:good_pdf_output_from_kicad [2013/05/20 14:32] – mithat
+++ kicad:good_pdf_output_from_kicad [2013/06/26 02:18] (current) – mithat
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-====== Getting good PDF output from KiCad in Linux ======
+This page is obsolete. See [[PDF Output from KiCad in Linux]] instead.
-The most reliable 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`.)
-The biggest problems with this are:
-  - It’s a lot of typing to get the conversion to happen (the minutia of which you won’t have memorized).
-  - 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.
-<file bash makepdf>
-#!/bin/bash
-# DESTRUCTIVELY convert all postscript files
-# in working directory to PDF.
-# Requires ghostscript.
-# Mithat Konar 2013 (http://mithatkonar.com)
-OPTIONS="-dOptimize=true -sPAPERSIZE=11x17"
-FILES=$(ls -1 *.ps)
-for file in $FILES
-do
-  ps2pdf $OPTIONS $file && rm $file
-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.