31 Dec
2005
31 Dec
'05
3:31 a.m.
> Not, I daresay, when you have a paper form to fill
out. Then you
> have all the registration issues of making sure each bit of text
> prints out in the correct place on the page to fall into its field
> on the form, without the benefit of being able to just adjust it
> on-screen until it fits.
You've obviously never used a formfiller. You
need one scratch copy
of the form; stick it in the printer and the formfiller prints a grid
out onto the page. You can then use the grid numbers to tell the
formfiller where the fields are.
Perfect results every time, no scanner required.
Your printers must have more reproducible registration than mine. :-/
It also needs a scratch copy of the form, which isn't much use when you
have exactly one copy mailed to you by the relevant organization.
What, you think I'm going to manually type
hundreds of forms when all
my information is in a database? :-)
Oh, if you have hundreds of them, overhead operations get a lot cheaper.
The one time I wanted something of the sort, I ended up scanning the
form and digitally inserting the info into it before printing out the
resulting image.
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