Automatic compliance-testing system for desktop designed consumer packaging

摘要

An automatic compliance testing system for evaluating the compliance of a graphic element with one or more conditions within desktop designed consumer packaging. The automatic compliance testing system includes an Encapsulated PostScript(TM) file that has an executable module which tests the commands geometrically defining the graphic element. The results of the self-checking operation are communicated to a checklist module. The checklist module is an executable module which generates a checklist that displays the test results. The checklist module may also test the compliance of the graphic element with predefined criteria, such as percentage of available display surface occupied, wherein the available display surface is defined using one or more Encapsulated PostScript(TM) files having a sizing module for calculating the area of the shape defined by the file. The checklist may be placed at any location, scaled, mirrored or rotated within the design document but in most cases adjacent to or outside the boundaries of the consumer packaging being designed.