Photoplotting Services
The photoplotter was first invented by Gerber Scientific Company in
the 1960's for the needs of printed circuit board fabrication. The
application was then extended to other areas such as chemical
machining, hybrid masks, silkscreen masters and many more.
We have been making photo-tooling film for local and international
customers since 1984. Our laser photoplotter makes images at a ¼
mil resolution onto 7 mil Kodak film. There is a variety of data
formats we can accept for making images.
To request our photoplotting services, please contact us.
When you request our photoplotting services, please make sure you specify the following:
- Positive -- Computer data is opaque; non data area is clear
- Negative -- Computer data is clear; non data area is opaque
Film polarity:
- Emulsion up -- Also referred to as "Right-Reading Emulsion Up". The emulsion coating is on the upper (near) side of the film when the image is "right-reading".
- Emulsion down -- Also referred to as "Right-Reading Emulsion Down". The emulsion coating is on the lower (far) side of the film when the image is "right-reading".
Emulsion orientation:
To request our photoplotting services, please contact us.
Acceptable data formats:
- Gerber 274X
- Gerber 274D with aperture list
- HPGL
- Portable Document Format (PDF)
- Adobe Illustrator
- Macromedia Freehand
- Corel Draw
- AutoCAD DWG
- AutoCAD DXF
- Encapsulate Postscript
To request our photoplotting services, please contact us.
