When I print PCB masks from kicad to printer (A4 sheets), scaling is good. When I print from kicad to PDF file, then PCB mask scaling is out by about 5%. This issue has only occurred in kicad V9.0.1 (the version I am currently using). I created a cct design last February using a different version of kicad (I’m not sure what version, OS upgrade since then). I had no scaling problem with this PDF produced file (and any prior kicad versions). I’ve checked my PDF viewer (altril). It’s not faulty. So fault seems to be in kicad. I’ve checked all the print and page settings in kicad. I play with the scale feature, and get the PCB length correct, but the width is out. So not only out by scale, but also by aspect. I’m at loss want to do. I want to produce PDF files, so that I can use the high quality laser printers at my work. My home printer is cheap and the masks are not as opaque as work’s high end printers. My design has lots of 15 mil tracks, so the mask needs to be the best. I’m an old school designer: Lightbox, developer, etchant etc. Any help/tips appreciated.
Can you try updating to 9.0.2 and see if this fixes it? I vaguely remember someone else having this problem and it being already fixed
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