While I know that the nominal value would be dependent on many factors such as paste product, print speed, pad sizes, blade material etc., I'm trying to determine what would be a typical and realistic volume range that one might expect to get on printed paste deposits. When you really look at the details presented by a rather large and well-know paste inspection equipment manufacturer, they indicate that +/- 17% is not unusual even in laboratory type environments. Just curious as to what some practical experiences out there might be. Seems to be an area with a lot of assumptions that these instruments provide more discriminating information that they actually do. Rich K/ KEDS --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a 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/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------