RE: gEDA-user: pcbexpress.com and ``pcb'' ``negative'' solder mask layers

["Mike Hansen" <mehansen10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI....I've had 2 and 4 layer boards made at PCBExpress from PCB generated 
gerbers with zero problems.  Perhaps you had the Invert option turned on in 
the gerber generation screen?


> From: "Joel N. Weber II" <jwgeda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: geda-user@xxxxxxxx
> To: geda-user@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: gEDA-user: pcbexpress.com and ``pcb'' ``negative'' solder mask 
> layers
> Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 21:53:35 -0400
>
> A google search of the archives of this list seems to suggest that
> someone who's posted here in the past has successfully made 4 layer
> boards using ``pcb'' and pcbexpress.com; I assume this probably
> included soldermask layers.
>
> I tried ordering a two layer (that is, two layers of copper, two
> layers of soldermask, one layer of silkscreen, plus the drill file)
> board from pcbexpress today, and got back:
>
> | Your Order [order number] IS HOLDING...  Both the top and bottom
> | soldermask layers are negatives.  We require positive layers for
> | all.
> |
> | Please reply to this email and attach new or revised files; your
> | order will be processed ASAP.
>
> Do people have recommendations about how to deal with this?
>
> (I don't have any particular strong reason to prefer pcbexpress, other
> than that a friend who uses protel has been very happy with
> pcbexpress, and their proximity to screamingcircuits looks convenient;
> though I have no particular reason to prefer screamingcircuits,
> either, if there's another viable board assembly company with
> competitive service and pricing.)
>
> Also, it seems slightly inconvenient that pcb is designed to generate
> separate drill files for plated and unplated.