Electrical Engineers

I'm looking for an inexpensive program to draw/print schematics. have any that come to mind?

I use eagle pcb its very easy to use and the free version of it gives me all the features that i need
http://www.cadsoftusa.com/
spark fun has some great tutorials about using it

We used to use ExpressPCB. Their design software is pretty easy to use, and free.

-Joe

Ack, I just realized "schematics" not "PCB". Ignore me. Way too much beer last night

I have been using expresspcb.

I have just recently switched to Fritzing

http://fritzing.org/

I absolutely love AutoCad...........I use it almost everyday. I use it for schematics and in conjunction with a PC board Router to make my prototype PC boards.

Wow, fritzing looks nice, I'm going to have to try that.

Answering the question, I use Express PCB because nothing I do is complex enough to need an autorouter.

I tried Eagle a few times but never used it enough to get my head around the UI, plus it had some annoying bugs.

you didn't mention what os, i vote for gschem

I will be using windows xp, since that is what's on my work computer. I work for an electronics manufacturer, but i'm wanting something i can use to draw analog circuits.

I like Visio for schematics, although I usually find that I prefer my own template for certain sysmbols (relays, diodes, etc), although you could say that the included symbols are adequate.

I think Visio has a free 90-day trial period, so you can try it out and see if it works for you. It's much cheaper than AutoCAD, last time I checked prices. And it also allows you to write code for your application to customize the behavior of things, although that also involves more effort.

I can also vouch for ExpressPCB as a good bang-for-the-buck tool (free), especially if you might also be laying out a board.

If you mean schematics and not board layout then there are a number of schematic capture spice tools.
I think pspice is free these days. The tanner tools package is really cheap. I think there's even a dumbed down version of Cadence also.

If you just need basic schematic capture and spice simulation capability, Pspice is probably your best bet.