to allow the printed circuit board to be inserted into and removed from the bath 16 at the start and end of the electroplating process completing the system are electrical conductors 24 and 32 for electrically connecting the anode electrode 25 and cathode target 26 to a direct current or quasi direct current electrical energy source 38 a feature and advantage of the present invention is the ability to substantially and uniformly electroplate the conductor paths lands and holes of a target printed circuit board this is accomplished by covering selected areas of the electro active surface of the anode 15 with a non conductive mask 18 which directs the electric current through the electroplating solution so that the metal will be deposited onto the target cathode in a controlled manner the overall size of the anode and the size and shape of the openings number of openings and location of the openings in the non conductive mask are selected with reference to the size and geometry of the target article to be electroplated with the result that field concentrations at any location on the target article are avoided thereby achieving a relatively uniform layer of electroplated material typically the anode mask will have openings which are substantially the negative of the target article however in order to.