Overprinting Existing Offset Maps
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Topic created by fkruesi on Sun Dec 22, 2019 at 1:22 pm
If you are overprinting an existing offset map and using CONDES you must use CONDES 9. CONDES 10 no longer contains the overprint maps feature. If you are laser printing the map and course together either version of CONDES will work.
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Reply by DaveUrban on Tue Dec 24, 2019 at 9:11 amHas anyone in DVOA contacted Finn Aridsen to see if this is an enhancement or an error ?
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Reply by skolins on Tue Dec 24, 2019 at 10:07 amFred did contact Finn, and this was an intentional choice, not an error:You are right that Condes 9 had a feature to overprint courses onto existing maps. This feature was removed from Condes 10, mainly due to the fact that virtually all maps are now laser printed with the course overprint printed at the same time. Usage of the feature was very scarce.There is still a reference to overprint in the help for Condes 10 but that is an error that will soon be removed.
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Reply by DaveUrban on Tue Dec 24, 2019 at 1:49 pmRe: Condes 10 - Has our inventory of offset printed maps gone down in value?
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Reply by skolins on Tue Dec 24, 2019 at 5:42 pmWe can still use our offset printed map - the course setter just need to be sure to use CONDES 9 (for which our licence is still valid) and not the new CONDES 10. You cannot convert a CONDES 10 file into CONDES 9, so it is important for the course setter to use CONDES 9 from the beginning.It is also possible to go from CONDES 10 into OCAD and overprint from OCAD, but Fred said that printing from OCAD is not quite as good.
