Process Date: July 2001

  In cases where minimal material removal is desirable, less laser power can be used to bleach the surface of the PCB. In this case, 2 watts of laser power were used. The codes shown are (from top left):
0.04" sq. Data Matrix code, marked with Synrad's Spot tool
0.1725" sq. Data Matrix code, raster-filled, cycle time 0.54 seconds
0.7180 x 0.09" pdf 417 code, cycle time 1.01 seconds
0.8 x 0.09" Code 128, cycle time 1.64 seconds
All four codes were marked in 5 seconds.