FlightChecking is a process which begins right after the document
creation stage, but just prior to the final printing stage, and can be summarized into 3 distinctive steps:
1) Examination
2) Verification
3) Attestation
Examination is the process of scanning the document and inspecting all of its elements. When done by hand, the user must go into the application and look at each object on the screen, page by page, box by box, character by character, perhaps going deeper inside an object to examine its internal characteristics, parameters or attributes. For a very large document this can be quite an involved and tedious process with an obvious possibility of error due to oversight or the inadvertent skipping of a particular object. On the other hand, FLIGHTCHECK® will perform its obedient service by examining each and every printable object without fail.
Verification is the process of testing a particular object in a document by comparing it to a predefined set of rules (which we call “Ground Controls”) in order to determine whether or not the object satisfies specific criteria or requirements. If any object fails the tests, the document will need to be returned back to the production unit to make the necessary corrections before the examination and verification processes can be continued.
Attestation is the final process whereby after all elements have been examined and verified, FLIGHTCHECK® can then give its “stamp of approval”. In NASA space rocket terms, all is considered to be “A-OK” and “ready for blastoff”, or in terms for us mere computer workers, this means the document is now ready to be printed.
