HI,
Just diving back into Kicad 6 after being away from it for a while.? Needed to do a small PCB which I've milled successfully and have tested.
Since this is a one off I'm not planning on sending it out to a board house and I just for fun wanted to try doing a silk screen using the toner transfer method.
In the PCB Editor the view is from the bottom of the board, but it looks like the F.Silkscreen is displaying as if it was on the bottom of the PCB.
So I tried printing the F.Silkscreen Mirrored.? But while that gives me horizontal text that would transfer OK the rest of the board is flipped as well so that is not going to work.
For example I have a connector that is in the upper left corner of the PCB (looking at the top of the PCB) and another connector that is about in the middle on the right hand side of the PCB.
The mirrored print of the F.Silkscreen layer has then one connector in the upper left corner and the other one in the middle on the right side.
But when you turn the printed layer over to transfer the toner to the PCB you now have the first connector in the upper RIGHT corner and the 2nd one in the middle on the LEFT side, which of course is incorrect.
If I print the F.Silkscreen without mirroring then it will transfer properly as far as component locations and vertical text, but horizontal text would be reversed.
So what am I missing?? Is there a way to do what I'm trying to accomplish?
I guess for now I can change all the horizontal text to vertical orientation and print without mirroring.
Thanks,
Burt
