Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Greg" <dfaprinting@...> wrote:
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> Lou,
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> It looks like there are some options missing in the latest version of Colorport. It no longer allows you to reduce both X and Y sizes of the i1 patches. The older version allowed you to go to an 8mmx8mm patch. The problem with this is the speed that you need to move the i1, slow is definitely the word with patch sizes that small and I don't really recommend anything smaller than 8.5mm and a separator of .5mm for the i1 unless you have the newer faster version (mine is the second generation and slightly slower than the latest).
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> If you edit the XML file for the i1 you can probably drop the 10mm minimum down to something else, I did that with my Pulse to get smaller charts. There may be some other hacking you can do in the XML descriptor files that may allow a few other ways to optimize your charts. You can also set the default patch sizes so that you don't always have to mess with the settings.
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Greg,

Excellent suggestion.  I found the Eye One Patch layout XML file in the colorport folder and edited it to allow me to make smaller patches and cram more of them onto a sheet.  I will pay attention to minimum patch sizes, especially if I get read errors.  Some of Bill Atkinson's Eye One charts are so small, (6 mm), that I do get many read errors, so your point is valid in my experience.  

I kept a copy of the original XML file as a backup, just in case.  

Thanks, that was a great suggestions and a big help.  

Lou