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T -- U.S. CENSUS 2000 SHORT FORM DOCUMENT INTEGRITY DUE 091698 POC Jon Carr, 202-512-0307, fax 202-512-1671 or 1733 E-MAIL: jcarr@gpo.gov, jcarr@gpo.gov. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION PLEASE RESPOND BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS SEPTEMBER 16, 1998 Respond to Jon Carr, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, by facsimile to 202-512-1671 or by e-mail to jcarr@gpo.gov. Census 2000 Short Form Questionnaires -- Document Integrity (DI) Form A -- Approximately 90,000,000 copies of a folded form printing in 2-colors. Flat Size 22 x 10-3/8"; Folded Size 5-1/2 x 10-3/8". Each form has a variable imaged address on Page 1 parallel to the 10-3/8" dimension after folding, consisting of 14 total lines (4 lines are a 22-digit Interleaved 2-of-5 bar code), maximum 40 characters per line. Form B -- Approximately 90,000,000 copies of a folded form printing in 2-colors. Flat Size 25-1/2 x 11"; Folded Size 9 x 5-1/2". Each form has a variable imaged address on Page 1 parallel to the 9" dimension after folding, consisting of 14 total lines (4 lines are a 22-digit Interleaved 2-of-5 bar code), maximum 40 characters per line. Form C -- Approximately 150,000,000 copies of a folded form printing in 2-colors. Flat Size 19 x 11"; Folded Size 9-1/2 x 11". 1) For Each Form Type: Can you variable image (or by using any other numbering process) a Document Integrity (DI) number consisting of either a 10-digit Interleaved 2-of-5 bar code with human readable interpretation or a 10-digit OCR number in black ink (face and back of each form to have the same DI number; each form must have a different DI number): 1a) Forms A and B -- In the bottom or one of the side margins on the face and back of each form? 1b) Form C -- In the bottom margin only? 2) For Each Form Type -- If you can produce the variable imaging (or by using any other numbering process), how will you accomplish it (on press, at binding stage, etc.) and what method would you use (ink jet, laser, etc.)? 3a) Forms A and B -- What percentage increase in cost would occur in adding the DI requirement to the forms with the variable imaged address only? 3b) Form C -- What would the percentage increase in the cost be to add the DI requirement to the forms? 4) What impact would adding the DI have on the production schedule for each form type? Posted 09/03/98 (W-SN245209). (0246)

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