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Paper Balloting and Surveys. Got bubble sheets?. Custom Pearson Forms. Custom Pearson Forms. The O ld Way . Scantron - NCS OpScan. Designed to use stock forms printed by NCS Pearson Consistent, familiar form designs Pencil read only Expensive software and proprietary hardware Form cost
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Scantron - NCS OpScan • Designed to use stock forms printed by NCS Pearson • Consistent, familiar form designs • Pencil read only • Expensive software and proprietary hardware • Form cost • $0.07 stock form • $0.15 custom form (plus one-time layout fee ~$500) • Custom forms require several weeks to print
The Hardware • Any TWAIN-compliant scanner • Fujitsu fi-6140 $1500 • Fujitsu fi-6130 $900 • More compact design • Reads pencil, pen, other markings • LED lamps are durable with long life • Flexible paper handling • Heavy card stock • Credit cards/membership cards • Long documents, up to 10 feet!
The Software - TeleForm • Flexible design • Print forms from any printer! Or… • Works with Pearson stock forms • Barcode recognition • Export data to CSV, Excel, any ODBC compliant database • Outputs image file of every page scanned • Still pricey - $6000 • Requires training to get started
Other options • Scanners for smaller projects • Canon imageFORMULA DR-C130 $475 • HP ScanJet 3000 $320 • Epson WorkForce Pro GT-S50 $375 Note these scanners have lower page per minute speeds and lower duty cycles. • Software • Abbyy FlexiCapture - Pricing based on # of documents • Diamond Vision – Basic workstation scanning, $1950
References, Costs, and Contacts • Fujitsu scanners • fi-6140z - 60ppm black and white, 40ppm color $1500 • fi-6130z – 40ppm black and white, 30ppm color $900 • TeleForm • Digital Documents www.d-docs.com • Steve Knight, knight@d-docs.com, 866-313-3627 • TeleForm workstation license $6000 (after 25% eddiscount) • Software maintenance/support (required first year)- $1200/yr (after 25% eddiscount)