Optical mark readers have been used for decades and have been determined to be the fastest, most cost-effective and accurate means for getting data into a computer system. Designing, producing and storing OMR forms, however, has not been as efficient.
Outsourcing Challenges
Lead time to design and obtain preprinted scannable forms is on average 5 weeks.
Often requires minimum quantity purchase that places a high demand on storage and inventory.
High cost of form creation and printing. Additional charges apply for customization, foreign languages and duplex forms.
Solution
Creating OMR forms electronically provides a significant cost savings over the traditional pre-printed method and allows for on-demand customized printing.
Proform, DeskTop and Office Designer allow OMR forms to be designed and created right at your PC for print on common high-speed and desktop laser printers. The critical alignment of the OMR form elements is handled entirely by the software. Therefore, there is never a need to manually align timing marks with response bubbles and form identification marks.
Other common OMR design techniques, such as title boxes, written response boxes and response numbering, are also automated. Once your OMR form is designed, it can easily be printed.
Benefits
Lytrod Software Proform, DeskTop and Office Designer enable in-house replication of OMR forms
Enables In-Plant control to design customized from without waiting for outsourcing turn-around time
OMR and data can be printed simultaneously
Easy creation of OMR objects and drag-and-drop data placement and data field assignment
Fast design and print turnaround, even for high-volume runs
Lytrod Software Designer Features
Automatic creation and alignment of timing marks and form identification marks
Automatic box drawing around responses
Add written-response boxes
Customize responses by changing box style, thickness and shading
Automatic numbering of items and questions
Wide selection of "bubble" shapes including circles, ovals, boxes, rectangles, etc.
Customize bubbles by choosing font, style and size
Easily change bubble direction
Title information becomes part of OMR responses and is formatted accordingly
Sophisticated grid layouts that ensure proper alignment of OMR elements with other form elements such as text
Supports 6X5, 6X6 and 6X8 form layouts, 40 and 48 channel
Benefits