You might want to try a metal finish instead of the conductive ink. Electroless Palladium will serve the purpose of solderabilty preservative as well as give you a conductive surface finish for contact switches. George Milad LeaRonal Inc Technical Marketing Mnanger Printed Circuit Products ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ##############################################################