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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 $375Note 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, [email protected], 866-313-3627 TeleForm workstation license $6000 (after 25% ed discount) Software maintenance/support (required first year)-
$1200/yr (after 25% ed discount)