Across the country institutions are replacing annual purchases of optical mark forms with Magenta and their choice of digital laser printers. The second limitation is order quantity minimum. The smallest is typically 5,000 pre-printed forms. This prohibits the use of scanning technology for sub groups of populations or small samples. Third is the significant cost of pre-printed scannable forms.
Prices decrease as the order quantity increases.
As a result, institutions typically order at least a year's supply of forms to obtain better pricing. These bulk purchases then result in increased storage and inventory costs and possible forms' obsolescence. With Magenta form turnaround time is measured in hours not weeks. Forms are printed when you need them, in the quantities that you need, and page costs are the same as for any laser-printed page. In addition, with appropriate software, data and preslug marks are printed with the form in a one-pass process .