Method for making a lighting device

Abstract

A method () for making a lighting device is provided. The lighting device comprises a carrier having a side on which lighting elements are to be mounted in a selected arrangement in relation to each other using the surface-mount equipment. The method comprises marking () on the side of the carrier, using a marking substance comprising an ink composition, indications of the positions on the side of the carrier where the lighting elements are to be placed in order for the lighting elements to become mounted on the side of the carrier according to the selected arrangement of the lighting elements in relation to each other, wherein at least one of the surface-mount equipment or the marking substance is arranged such that the marking substance is detectable by the surface-mount equipment. Using the surface-mount equipment and based on the indications marked on the side of the carrier, the lighting elements are placed () on the side of the carrier so that the lighting elements become mounted on the side of the carrier in accordance with the selected arrangement of the lighting elements in relation to each other.