Hello! Graduate student here, working on designing a high-density optical fiber array that is packed into a [very] compact bundle. To do so, I wish to print out (onto transparencies) negatives of eumlated array designs that when backlit simulate the final bundle in action.
Now, the printer I have access to is a LaserJet CP2025. It has 600 dpi, or ~40 [micrometers/dot]. As I understand it, the 600 dpi applies for both horizontal AND vertical axes, meaning the distance between any two dots OR two lines will be ~40um. For our experiment we estimate ~100um per core fibre, and ~150um spacing, therefore I want to tell the printer to print out something similar to below, where "." represents dots, and "-" represents the absence of a dot:
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I'm not sure how to tell the printer to print out a such specific "dot-by-dot" pattern. Is there a program that I can use? Is there a method by which I can code some designs?
Help appreciated!