OMR Designing
This form/sheet has black colour index point (in Square, circle or oval sizes) which are at the corners of the sheet & are also known as sheet bounding points.
The different sections of the OMR sheet/form are defined within these index points.
Timing Track
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They are rectangular blocks on the side of OMR Sheets which define the location of rows on the sheet. It indicates where to read for response marks and where to clip for images.
Timing Track linine
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They must be placed in the straight line along with bubble blocks else the marked response doesn’t read correctly by the scanner.
OMR bubble filling
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The bubbles on the OMR Sheet should be filled carefully
Sheet Cutting margin
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OMR sheets cutting margin beside the timing track must be spaced properly for every sheet. Then only scanner will read it correctly.
- The sheet used for designing should be one color (red, green, blue)
- For single side sheet printing the paper thickness should be 90gsm
- For double side sheet printing the paper thickness should be 100gsm.
ICR Form Designing
- Users will have to write clearly & carefully because form will be processed by the computer.
- Use Capital Letters to fill the form. Show character examples such as how an “A” or a “2” should be formed.
Data Pick up facility
- Alphabetic, Numeric & Alphanumeric filled form
- Tick mark
- Bubble filled
Comb Lines
While designing comb lines, provide proper room between each vertical tick marks. Make the tick marks long enough to encourage people to write between them. A vertical height at least half the height of the expected character is usually sufficient.
Character response locations
Multiple character response locations such as a Name field may contain separated boxes if space permits, or may be joined together.
Individual fields should be separated by enough space to easily identify where one field stops and the next starts.
Rows of fields stacked vertically should be separated by at least one half the height of an individual box.
Boxes can be printed with either solid black lines or dropout colors, depending on the scanning and forms processing technology used.