What is the sanctioning process??? What is the certification process? Let me know and I will help. The sanctioning/certification process
requires an engineering study of the variations of colored ink on paper and
their effects on the accurate scanning of the visible light reader. I am
not qualified to perform that study. Please refer your requests for change
to rcr@gesn.com and
Tab will create a project, prioritize that project, and assign the appropriate
people to the task or contract the work out with a deadline
date.
Has 032 Warm Red ever caused a concern? Yes.
From my limited
investigation:
On a spectral analysis of Pantone 032 Warm
Red, the reflectivity of that color drops off at our visible light reader's
emitted light wavelength (620 nm +/- 10 nm). Theoretically, this sloping
curve does not give us enough headroom for printing thick ovals to account for
variations in the printing
process and variations in the AccuVote readers. Pantone 130U has a flatter
reflectivity curve at the specified wavelengths that does give us that
theoretical headroom.
I have had 27 elections run successfully using this colour and will provide examples for your testing. Why should it fail when it has passed with "flying colours"? Either it works or you have been
lucky. I don't know which.
Ian
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