[QCWA] International Growth & Communication

[Jeffrey Angus]

----- Original Message -----
From: "David T. Stark" <dave at nf2g.com>

> I am curious to know on what basis PDF conversion of the Journal was 
deemed 
> "not economically viable."  What it based on the presumption of switching 
to 
> a completely digital format?  As others have made clear in this thread, 
that 
> is not what is being proposed now.
> 
> The costs involved in creating a PDF for the Journal are one-time capital 
> expenditures to purchase ADOBE PDF MAKER and OCR software if the 
conversion 
> is being made from a printed copy.  If not, then direct conversion from 
> pre-press digital to PDF should only require a software investment.  
Another 
> "cost" would be the time spent to make the actual conversion and send out 
> the emails, which should be far less than the current amounts paid for 
> postage to send paper Journals to foreign chapters.
> 
> What am I missing?
> 
> 73 de Dave, NF2G

Well, Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro is list price $449.00
PDF Maker seems to be a sub set of that, as it is not listed individually.

On the other hand, for OCR software, there is ABBYY FineReader 9
http://www.scanstore.com/Scanning_Software/OCR/default.asp?ITEM_ID=18288
For $389 which includes "Scan to PDF document"

And of course, there's the learning curve with any new software product,
And having a staff member capable of using it.

Which brings up a thorught, how exactly is the Journal created to begin 
with?
Do we supply a pasted up paper copy to a printer, or do we supply a digital
format, whether .pdf or Word or some other publishing software package?

Jeff-1.0
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