Type 2 or Type D) have the exposed contacts on opposite sides of the cable (so that if the cable is lying flat, one end will have face-up contacts, and the other end will have face-down contacts). Exposure length The length of the electrical contact that has been exposed at the termination of the cable. Stiffener Most FFCs have some sort of extra material attached on the opposite side of the exposed length of the cable to facilitate ZIF or LIF connections. Conductors size The width and thickness of the conductors Now FFC Cables are widely used in printer connections between the head and the motherboard, plotters, scanners, copiers, stereos, LCD appliances, fax machines, DVD players, and signal transmission and plate board connections. In modern electrical equipment, FFC Cables can be found almost everywhere. See also Ribbon cable References External links History of FFC, AVX (broken) History of FFC, AVX Flat conductor cable applications, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Process Engineering Laboratory Manufacturers Alysium Flex Connection Hirose Leoni Molex Signal cables Electrical connectors