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Adjusting Offsets--
Adjusting offsets must be performed separately for both
sides of the ballot. The process is the same for both sides. The example below
shows a ballot with the scaling factor set properly. The cross hairs and circle
are not centered in the box yet, but you can see that they offset from their
respective registration boxes in the same amount and direction. It is now time
to shift the entire image to center the cross hairs in the registration boxes as
well as possible.
In the example to the left, the image is too high and too
far the to the right. Go to the Margins section of the
Ballot Layout options box. The image needs to move
down (the positive direction) about .015”, so you need
to add .015” to the number in the Front Top Margin. If
you properly preset this number to (-18), the new
number should be -.165. ((-.18)+.015=(-.165)).
The image also needs to move to the left (the negative
direction) about .030”, so you need to subtract .030”
from the number in the Front Left Margin. If you preset
this number to (-.18), the new number should be -.21 ((-
.18)-.030=(-.21)).
Continue to adjust and print samples until image is
centered as well as possible. In the end, because of
paper skew and other factors, the cross hairs may be
slightly right/(left) of center at the top and left/(right) of
center at the bottom, depending on which way the paper
is skewing.
If the amount of skew from top to bottom makes it
difficult to get both the top and bottom cross hairs
within their respective boxes, an adjustment needs to be
made to the ES&S registration guide that was inserted
into Tray 1. Determine which way the ballot skews, and
adjust the registration posts in the opposite direction.
Changing the angle of the paper in the tray helps the
paper align in the printer. Keep in mind that an
adjustment made to help the front of the ballot makes a
change to the back of the ballot.
In the example to the left, the bottom cross hairs are
well centered, but the top cross hairs skew to the right.
In this case, adjust the registration posts to move the top
of the paper to the right. This moves the registration
boxes to the right, resulting in a better alignment.