Roger, I think you missed a few vendors. VideoJet and Domino are two relatively big players in the Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ) space. Markem is another vendor in the Drop on Demand (DOD space). These systems are OK for putting some human readable text on a board, and require a good PM schedule to keep the running well, but a laser does a much better job. If you plan on putting a 1D bar code, or 2D symbol serial number on your boards, you should look at a laser. You can get CIJ to print a data matrix, but you have to spend a lot of time ensuring the symbol stays readable. We had CIJ systems in house applying human readable text and the ME's were not that happy with them (always breaking down and very messy. We reevaluated the CIJ technology when we went to 2D data matrix serial numbers and went with lasers. Regards, Chris -----Original Message----- From: Roger Cook [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 11:52 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Ink Jet Printing for PCBs I'm looking for information about ink jet marking systems for printed circuit boards in a contract manufacturing environment. We would like to use this type of equipment to apply our serial number and the customer's identification information, which currently is done with Brady type labels. I have identified two: Jet Equipment and Nortek Automation; if anyone is currently using this equipment, I would be interested in hearing how well it's working. Also, I would like to know if there are other manufacturers of this kind of equipment. Roger Cook Process Engineering Varian Electronics ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------