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Custom Pearson Forms
The Old 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 $0.07 stock form $0.15 custom form (plus one-time layout fee ~$500) Custom forms require several weeks to print
The New Way
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
TeleForm Designer
TeleForm Verifier
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
What do you do?
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 Steve Knight, TeleForm workstation license $6000 (after 25% ed discount) Software maintenance/support (required first year)- $1200/yr (after 25% ed discount)
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