Our layout house deliverables state following line. "Drill file in ASCII format leading zeroes, format 2.4 EOB LF/CR " . I have couple of questions in that regards. (1)Can someone explain me what is "format leading zeroes, format 2.4 EOB LF/CR"? (2) After talking to my layout house, one of the comment I received was that instead of specifying leading zeroes, format 2.4 EOB LF/CR, it will be better to specify ___format in read me file - meaning layout house can use of their own e.g. 3 instead of 4. As I do not have expertise, I would like to get feed back from you before I change it. re, ken patel ______________________________________________________ Ken Patel Phone: (408) 490-6804 1708 McCarthy Blvd. Fax: (408) 490-6859 Milpitas, CA 95035 Beeper: (888) 769-1808 ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################