Acceptability of Printed Boards 

Developed by the IPC-A-600 Task Group (7-31a) of the Product Assurance Committee (7-30) of IPC

APPROVED NOVEMBER 11, 1999 BY
AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE

This document describes the preferred, acceptable, and nonconforming conditions that are either externally or internally observable on printed boards. It represents the visual interpretation of minimum requirements set forth in various printed board specifications, i.e.; IPC-6010 series, ANSI/J-STD-003,etc.