It depends on where you get your boards made... 

But it has been my experience here in the San Diego area that most board
shops that we deal with have long since changed over to the LPI method of
applying the component legends. The silk screening process does not have the
same level of fine feature resolution and registration to the board pattern
that the LPI affords the board manufacturer. If you require smaller text and
thinner lines they get very good results from the white LPI. And as far as I
know, there is no substantial cost differential between the processes.

Best regards,

Bill Brooks
PCB Design Engineer, C.I.D.+
DATRON World Communications, Inc.
"Performance you require - Value you expect"
http://www.dtwc.com
Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510


-----Original Message-----
From: Di Marcello Paul [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 11:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [DC] IPC Webcast Series: Product Compliance with Environmental
Regulations - December 11, 12, & 13, 2007

 Infact don't you all think that whilst all other processes have been
developed etc etc... Silkscreening has been left behind as a kind of dated
process?


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