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Basically, how it starts with diplomas and degrees is we receive a list of names. The format that we receive the names in is in an excel file, and it has all the data that we need for each of the student names. So it's a process where we try to take as little human intervention in the mix. So less margin of error, and we try to do things with variable data so we can get the degrees outputted quickly and as accurately as possible. With our printing process, first they print out shells of the diplomas, which have the McMaster header and crest on it, as well as the McMaster seal. Those are pre-printed and ready to go at printing, and then when I send them my PDF with everyone's names and degrees on it, they do another run, and they pre-print that on top of the shells. So, by the end of it, you've got a really nice looking degree. Sometimes with the degrees there are changes as far as the design and styling goes of them. It doesn't happen very often, because institutions around the world actually know what our degrees look like, so if there is a design change, they have to come back and check with us to make sure they're receiving an authentic degree from someone who's applied for a job or whatever. In the last couple of years we did change some of the gothic fonts to one that has a more suitable lettering style, because people were getting confused with certain "u's" looking like "b's" and such. It is pretty significant when you're going through this that, for me it's just a couple seconds to pass through the computer someone's name and degree, but when you do consider all the amount of hard work that's gone into it, and the years and years of education, it is pretty amazing, and sometimes noticing someone's name is pretty cool too. I often find myself around town at doctors' offices or whatnot and I see degrees on the wall, and I look at the year of the degree and I often know that it's one that I've done personally so, that's pretty awesome when that happens.