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Image Scaling--
The scaling option ensures that the ballot image reproduces at
the correct aspect ratio. If the image is not a true 1 to 1 transfer, it will reduce
the printing tolerances and make it slightly more difficult to print an accurate
ballot. To access this option select “Ballot” from the main menu bar, and
select “Advanced.” Select “Yes” when presented with the warning message.
The “BOD Scaling Factor” settings are in the lower right section of the
Advanced Layout Options box. Adjusting the Horizontal and Vertical scaling
above 100% will increase the size of the image, setting them below 100% will
shrink the image. Start with these settings at 100% if they are not already set.
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Image Margin/Offset--
This setting will adjust the location of the ballot image
in relation to the paper in the printer. This item is located in the lower left
corner of the “Ballot”, “Layout” menu. If you enter a negative number in the
top margin box, the image will move up. If you enter a negative number in the
left margin, it will move the image to the left. There are also margin settings
for the backside of the ballot. The Okidata printer has an unprintable area of
.18” around the page, so this is the value you should begin with when fine-
tuning the margin settings. Enter the negative number of -18 in each of the
four margin boxes.
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Oval Width (Pixels)--
In the Layout Menu, set the Oval Width to three.
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Print Test Ballot--
Before the settings in BIM can be fine-tuned, a test ballot
must be produced and evaluated for registration. Only one ballot sequence
needs to be printed. The final settings will be valid for all styles.
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Checking Registration on Digital Ballot Stock--
The Digital Ballot Stock has
a registration box in each corner of the ballot on both sides. These are used to
visually verify proper registration of each ballot. he ballot artwork in BIM
includes a set of cross hairs centered in a small circle in each corner of the
ballot. When the ballot image is printed, the cross hairs and circle should align
with the registration boxes on the DBS. The images below show the
registration box that is in each corner of the Digital Ballot Stock, the cross
hairs and circle printed by BOD, and what the two look like together when the
ballot prints with good registration.
Together for
Good Registration
Cross-Hairs & Circle
on Ballot Artwork
Registration
Box on DBS
As long as the cross hairs intersect each other within each of the registration
boxes, the ballot is within registration. However, when first setting up the Ballot
Image Manager, the goal is to center the cross hairs in the registration boxes as
perfectly as possible. Then if the image starts to stray during a ballot run, the small
variances will not be enough to take the ballots out of registration.