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In sci.electronics.design Rich Grise <richgrise@example.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:59:19 +1000, David L. Jones wrote:
>> ...
>> Any know the real reason(s) why ceramic SMD caps don't have markings?
> 
> Money.
> 
> It's way too expensive to mark teeny tiny little parts that nobody's 
> ever going to look at anyway - the reels are clearly marked, and they're
> loaded into the stuffing machine, and that's the last human interaction
> the parts will ever see.
> 
> If you're hand-prototyping, you'd either have to mark them yourself
> or mark the tape carrier or bin or envelope where you're keeping them.
> 
> Hope This Helps!

No. They _DO_ mark resistors and resistors are generally even cheaper than
capacitors.

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