Jack,

I can't speak for everyone but we like another Gerber or HPGL file for
the drawing.  We can view Acrobat PDF but they are not a favorite.

Anne Ledger
EMDS, Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Olson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 12:34 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [TN] FAB: Preferred drawing format?
>
> For all you fabricators out there:
>
> I'm not sure how most purchasers get quotes from you guys, whether its
> just
> giving details over the phone or sending you a drawing. But in the
> real data
> package that we send you to manufacture the PCB, how do you want the
> fab
> drawing included? As another Gerber plot? Some flavor of HPGL?
> Postscript or
> an Acrobat PDF? Some "new" thing?
>
> We have been sending a spooled plot file using an old HP7585 driver
> and we
> haven't had complaints, but I'm wondering what you prefer.
>
> Jack (the new guy)
>
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