abstract a printed circuit board having a pattern of fiducial marks on opposed edges of the board for assuring accuracy and alignment of an electrical connector printed on the board the fiducial marks are printed as staggered indicia extending orthogoral to the printed contact row array of the electrical connector so that when the board is cut or routed an inspection process can determine if the physical edges of the board which determine the pin alignment with a mating receptacle are within specification application_number US 24040205 A description details of the present invention will now be described including exemplary aspects and embodiments thereof referring to the drawings and the following description like reference numbers are used to identify like or functionally similar elements and are intended to illustrate major features of exemplary embodiments in a highly simplified diagrammatic manner moreover the drawings are not intended to depict every feature of actual embodiments or the relative dimensions of the depicted elements and are not drawn to scale fig1 is an exploded perspective view of an optical transceiver 100 incorporating the cut out printed circuit board with fiducial marks according to the present invention in this particular embodiment the transceiver 100 is compliant with the ieee 802 3ae 10gbase lx4 physical media dependent sub layer pmd and the xenpak u2122.