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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:43:19 -0300
From: John Coppens <john AT jcoppens DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] why there is no HPGL export from gEDA PCB?
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On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 05:59:16 +0000 (UTC)
John <john_char AT operamail DOT com> wrote:

> Is there  any way to get HPGL from a raster file such as PS?

PS (if that means Postscript) is a vector format, not raster. 

'pstoedit' (http://www.pstoedit.net/) converts from postscript (and PDF)
to HPGL (and many other vector formats).

I've used it several times for other (not PC board) conversions, and
it works very nicely.

John