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Images for Industry Technical Description
The Rivington Designs, Images for Industry series Version 12 is a collection of vector drawn images for inclusion into documents produced by a wide variety of word processors and graphics programmes. The series consists of four packages which may be purchased individually or together. ► SAFETY & SITE MANAGEMENT 1820 symbols including protective equipment signs, fire safety, hazard and prohibition signs; site speed limits, public information symbols and extinguishers to EN3. ► HAZARD LABEL SYMBOLS 773 symbols based on ICAO, IMDG and ADR standard labels for the identification of dangerous goods in transit. CLP/Harmonised GHS symbols, also hazard warning symbols conforming to the UK CHIPS regulations; Hazchem boards and placards; pipe line identification. ► TRAFFIC CONTROL SYMBOLS 429 traffic signs including prohibitions, advisory signs, direction signs and limits. "Chapter 8" compliance symbols, lane closures and warnings. ► MARITIME/OFFSHORE SAFETY 351 IMO and SOLAS emergency and escape signs, fire control plan symbols, navigation, aircraft servicing and marine signalling symbols. ► COMBINATION PACKAGE All images in the "Safety", "Hazard Labels", "Traffic" and "Marine" packages.
MEDIA AND HARDWARE PLATFORM All packages are provided on CD-ROM. The 3.5 inch disc option is now discontinued.
NO COMPRESSION The images can be loaded directly from the CD supplied. No special installation routine is necessary, saving valuable hard-disc space.
FILE FORMATS Image files are supplied in Windows Meta File (.WMF) format allowing use with a wide range of applications software including all popular Windows-based word processors including Microsoft Word and Powerpoint.
IMAGE SIZE The Windows Meta File format allows images to be expanded to A4 size without loss of detail.
CREATION METHOD Images provided by Rivington Designs have been drawn by artists, not scanned electronically. This produces images of much greater quality in a more compact file size. The images reflect UK pattern and practice rather than US or European styles.
COLOUR REPRESENTATION COLOURED files are available for those users with equipment which will print images in colour. Users should note that the images are designed to produce acceptable density and tone in the printed output of a colour, ink jet printer. When displayed on a computer monitor, the image colours may appear different from those printed.

GREY-SCALE images are optimised for printing on a monochrome ink jet or laser printer. The shades of grey used are designed to give a realistic impression of coloured surfaces and to enhance clarity and ease of reading.

Version 12.0 of the software includes both colour and optimised grey scale versions of the designs in the same package.
USER HARDWARE REQUIRED To use Rivington Designs images you need an IBM or compatible microcomputer and an ink-jet or laser printer. Though not specifically designed as such, most Apple Mac machines will read data from a Rivington Designs CD.
SOFTWARE Version 12.0 of the Images for Industry range makes limited use of long file names. For this reason, the operating system installed on a user’s PC will need to be Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Windows 7 or newer. Application software need only be a Windows-based word processor ; the majority of Rivington Designs customers use Microsoft Word, though Microsoft PowerPoint is easier to use for more complex tasks. The images have been tested in Apple Mac applications such as Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw. The images have not been extensively tested on Linux based systems, though everything we have tried so far has worked.
Windows 7 At the time of writing, Microsoft Windows 7 does not support thumbnail preview of WMF files. We are assured that this is a feature of Win 7, not a bug. In all other respects, Windows 7 treats WMF files as efficiently as previous versions of Windows. To replicate the funcionality of WMF thumbnail view, we suggest you install a third-party image viewer, which will not only provide a better viewing utility, but a host of other advantages.. Fortunately at the time of writing, this is available to you at no cost. We reccomend FastStone image viewer, which can be downloaded here.
INTERNET-READY To help customers who wish to use safety symbols as illustrations in pages of the world wide web, (or other HTML documents), all packages delivered on CD now include compact, fast-loading bitmap representations of all symbols. These are at screen resolution and have been enhanced by special anti-aliasing techniques.
ORDERS FROM OUTSIDE THE UK Orders from outside of the United Kingdom will be accepted provided EITHER they are accompanied by a cheque in pounds sterling drawn on a British bank OR paid for by an approved credit or debit card. Please note the section below concerning delivery.
DELIVERY Carriage and packaging charges for delivery to addresses in the United Kingdom are £3.00 for the first item, plus £1.00 for each subsequent item. For delivery to addresses outside the UK, £10.00 per order. Our normal method of carriage is Royal Mail, first class, recorded delivery. It is our intention to make deliveries as expeditiously as possible . If we have not already contacted you, please contact Rivington Designs if we have not fulfilled your order 14 days after the date of posting.
Rivington Designs is committed to a philosophy of continual improvement in all aspects of our products and service. For this reason product specifications given in this and other documents may be subject to change.
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TRADEMARKS Windows and Microsoft Word are a registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. All trademarks included in this document are acknowledged. Printed in England. E&OE. Copyright Rivington Designs Ltd 1994-2011 All rights reserved. Rivington Designs Limited is registered in England, Number 2957228. Registered office 10 Bolton St, Ramsbottom, Lancs. BL0 9HX. All mail must be sent to PO Box 171, Bolton BL7 9BF.