If the material they are marking burns to a red oxide, then yes. Seriously, lasers burn the surface of the material so you get pretty much what you get in my experience. Note that combustion products can be an issue if you're working in a clean environment and writing the equivalent of War and Piece on your components. Regards, Kevin Glidden wrote: > Are laser markers capable of color (red / black / white) as well? > > > > Kevin Glidden > Manufacturing Engineer > Luminescent Systems Inc. > > -- Eric Christison Msc Mechanical Engineer Home Personal, Communication Sector Imaging Division STMicroelectronics (R&D) Ltd 33 Pinkhill Edinburgh EH12 7BF United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)131 336 6165 Fax: + 44 (0)131 336 6001 --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 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 -----------------------------------------------------