There is another aspect to this. If the note is there as Ted suggests, it may be because the designer doesn't have access, or the funds, to have CAM software that clips the silk off solderable pads. The design software I use doesn't flag that as an error (more's the pity). It has to go through CAM data to find that. Regards, Bob Wilson Electro-Mechanical Designer SpectraSensors, Inc. 972 N. Amelia Ave. San Dimas, CA 91773 800-619-2861 x239 www.spectrasensors.com -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ted Tontis Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:12 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Silkscreen on pads If the customer had silk on the pads in the art work and a manufacturing note stating, "There shall be no silk screen on exposed copper", then bare board supplier needs to take responsibility for the problem. The bare board supplier should have contacted the customer and said there is a problem, the art work doesn't match the fabrication notes. That's why fabrication notes need to follow the art work to help flag the inconsistencies or errors that tend to slip through the cracks. Lets say the board was produced some place else and the old board supplier caught it fixed it and didn't say a word, never happens right? The customer would have never known that there was a problem, how do you fix a problem you don't know exists? Ted T. - --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------