Hi Barry
The Company has made use of a freebie software
package called Ghostview. Ghostview will display and print the GEMS
ballot in the Media available to the printer driver used. For
example, a Scitex Dolev printer normally outputs to tabloid size using GEMS
default offsets of 1800. By changing the Media to output to letter size,
you can adjust the offsets perfectly to letter size with little fuss. If
Crepeau Graphics had Ghostview, they could receive it and print directly to
letter size film.
Ghostview is added to every GEMS CD in the
utility section so that every customer should have it learn to use
it.
By the way, is a poly plate also known as a
silver master?
Greg
----- Original Message -----
Sent: February 19, 2000 1:53 PM
Subject: Ballot postscript file
size
Gentlemen:
In meeting with a very capable printer,
Crepeau Graphics, in Minnesota this week a question was ask regarding the size
of the ballot file as it is received from the customer.
Crepeau is a very technically competent
printer with image setter technology to go directly to a poly plate with up to
8 ballot images per plate. In printing the Minnesota ballots for the
small elections thus far, they have had to output the ballot file to film, cut
the image to size and manually create the plates combining as many images per
plate as feasible. This would be the common process used by the typical
printer.
Their question is: can the customer send
them a ballot file to size rather than the ballot image size of 11 x 17 for an
8 1/2 x 11 ballot? If so, they can eliminate the interim processes and
go directly to plate. This would allow greater accuracy of image on the
plate and save a great deal of time and expense.
If the answer is no, is there a bridge
software solution between the GEMS postscript file and the image
setter?
Is any one else addressing this
issue?
Please advise.
Thanks,
Barry