Just remember you always get what you pay for!! You might be saving money 
in the short run bu it will cost you in the long run.


.

On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Jack Olson wrote:

> Trivial question, but to the fabricators out there:
> What percentage of your customers faithfully supply 
> targets on the Gerber data?
> Do you even use targets for alignment or measuring?
> 
> Also, for anyone who cares to comment:
> At my new company we are using vendors who can't 
> plot their own film, and we have to modem the data
> over to a photoplotting vendor. This implies that
> NO up-front engineering type CAM work is being done,
> and most of these boards are impedance controlled
> RF designs. Am I confused in thinking maybe we should
> look for more modernized vendors, or did I just get 
> spoiled by cream-of-the-crop high-tech excellence? 
> (Also, its probably worth noting that the previous 
> employer's concern was high-quality prototypes FAST 
> TURN no matter the cost. Whereas here, money is a big 
> issue and these low-tech places are CHEAP!) 
> 
> Not trying to start any wars here, but I'm curious
> how many vendors these days just work from someone 
> else's film?
> 
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