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In article <1992Apr14.162435.12865@uwm.edu> alanchem@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Alan Scott Olson) writes:
>I'm looking for some public domain software for a PC that will allow me
>to draw a circuit schematic and the print it on an HP LaserJet laser printer.
>
>Does anyone out there have or know where I can get a copy of such a program?
>
>Thanks
>
>- Alan
>
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 Ok... Here's the poor man's solution to your problem (assuming that if you
were rich, you'd already have a $5000 circuit schematic program and a 
plotter):

  1. Get yourself a copy of a public domain program for the IBM PC that
     allows you to take HPGL (HP plotter) files and output to any printer
     (especially the HP Laserjet). I know this program exists both for the
     IBM PC and the Amiga computers (and probably MAC and Atari and 
     definitely SUN UNIX). If you have a long list of ftp sites in the
     file "ftpsites.txt", maybe you could do:
  
  	cat ftpsites.txt | fgrep 'HPGL' 

     .. that is if you're on a unix machine.  It would show you all the
	ftp sites out there that have that sort of thing.

  2. Get yourself a CAD program of some sort for the IBM. There are 
     numerous public domain CAD programs. All of them are fairly alike.
     You basically create yourself some "parts" such as resistors, 
     capacitors, inductors, diodes, etc. and you can scale them to
     size, connect them, etc.. Then when your circuit is laid out, you
     should print it in HPGL format and dump it to that program I mentioned
     above. 

   I get very good results using MCAD for the Amiga, which already has 
   some electronic parts made up for it... And in the package, they 
   included a program to convert any HPGL output to your printer. And
   my printer happens to be an HP LJ II.
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 Hope this helps, 
  - Steve Weigand
    (weigand@freezer.cns.udel.edu)