Patent ID: 6123024
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: B41C,B41M,B41N,H05K

Abstract:
A stencil printer for printing a substance on a circuit board, the stencil printer comprising:a stage for holding a circuit board upon which the substance is to be printed;a stencil having a non-apertured portion and a portion in which apertures are formed, the apertures forming a pattern corresponding to a pattern of the substance to be printed upon the circuit board, the stencil including at least one tag mounted on the stencil, the electronic tag capable of storing data relating to the stencil;a printing device constructed and arranged to dispense the substance through the apertures of the stencil;at least one tag reader constructed and arranged to read data stored within the electronic tag; anda tag writer constructed and arranged to write data to the electronic tag on the stencil.