# Print part on pcb **URL:** \ **Category:** uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 10, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/print-part-on-pcb/9163 "2020-04-10T10:42:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HarryR](https://forum.fritzing.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@HarryR](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/HarryR)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/print-part-on-pcb/9163/1 "2020-04-10T10:42:55Z")
Hello everyone, i like Fritzing … For me as a relatively newbie it wasn’t that difficult to produce layouts for a fairly good pcbs. I only create simple onesided pcbs … So there’s the non coppered top of the pcb where i’d like to print the position of the parts i use … Can some experienced person give me a hint ? I export to pdf and get all layers of the pcb as pdf. But what i would need is a bright colored pdf so i can see the parts on the dark brown pcbs i use. By the way i transfer the layout of a laserprint via an iron to the pcb … tricky, but after some tests it’s a good and reliable method for me. best regards and stay (or become) healthy ---
**Author:** ![vanepp](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/vanepp/32/4426_2.png) [@vanepp](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/vanepp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/print-part-on-pcb/9163/2 "2020-04-10T15:29:40Z")
> [@HarryR](#): > > I only create simple onesided pcbs … > So there’s the non coppered top of the pcb > where i’d like to print the position of the parts i use … I think (but haven’t tried it!) if you set Fritzing to be a two sided board, and then in pcb change Both layers to Bottom layer (as in this image) ![Capture](https://forum.fritzing.org/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8e2d6c70e7dd93fc1c37a96c61e1a2c2277c6e9e.png) All the traces will be on the bottom layer as they are on a single sided board, but you will also get a top silkscreen layer with the outline of the parts. If you print the top silkscreen layer, you should be able to print it on something (I admit I don’t know what, but I suspect there is something 🙂 ) that would let you apply it to the top of the board to simulate silkscreen. I rarely make boards (and use a board house the few times that I do) so I’m likely not much help here. Hopefully someone else will have a solution for printing a silkscreen on a home etched board. Peter ---
**Author:** ![opera\_night](https://forum.fritzing.org/user_avatar/forum.fritzing.org/opera_night/32/3724_2.png) [@opera\_night](https://forum.fritzing.org/u/opera_night)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/print-part-on-pcb/9163/3 "2020-04-10T18:39:24Z")
I posted this awhile back - it may help you to change the Colors (it’s a video gif). [Here’s the Link](https://forum.fritzing.org/t/export-for-production-etchable-pdf-for-uv-process/7675/3). Then, though I cnc mill my pcb’s and seldom use a Silkscreens, on the occasions when I do, I use the Iron-On approach from Photographic paper. Never did color as my printer is black&white. But, color should also work. [EDIT] I forgot to look at the vid until after posting here - I forgot to mention I demo’d another useful vid on this but, it’s quicker for me to just red0 one, below. There are a couple of pauses while I select colors off screen but, keep watching… Export an Image from the Export option then, you can color what/how you like in most any graphic program… ![ColoringTraces.mov](https://forum.fritzing.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/126ab8ee200d71e2797c4f02f6314e0a10591a66.gif)