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