Forms processing

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From: larryhow
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 23:01

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What is the best solution for processing order forms in a PC environment?

Scanning hardware: a IBM-PC compatible with an HP-IIc scanner.

Is the best approach?

   a) use an OCR program (which one?) and setup templates
   b) a dedicated form processing application (does one exist?)
   c) manually type the information in?
   d) something else

How should the form be structured to make it easily read?
(i.e. Fill in the blank, circle number,..)

The order form may also contain an image.

Is there a program which can handle both, form processing & image
storage/enhancement or should these be broken into 2 steps?

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