Pitney Bowes DI500, Operator'S Manual

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5 • Optical Mark Recognition (OMR)
5-2 SV40221 Rev. C
OMR Availability
Your machine can be equipped with Optical Mark Recognition
(OMR) functionality either on installation or as an added option after
purchase. The machine can store up to 10 different codes for you to
select when creating Job Definitions that use OMR.
What is OMR?
An OMR mark is normally a dark solid
line on a sheet of light colored paper
that is perpendicular to the direction of
travel of the paper. This line must be
sufficiently thick, dense and placed in the
correct area to trigger the OMR scanner
on the system.
There are many different OMR options
available to you, from a Single Mark
option to Multi-Mark options, which have
a maximum of 24 marks.
The OMR scanner, working with the
OMR system software, checks for one or
more different marks on the sheets while they are being fed through
the system. The tracking of these OMR marks by the system will aid
the integrity of your mailing through error checking, so generally the
more marks you use, the better the integrity of your Mail Piece.
As mentioned on page 7-3 of this guide, there are limits on how
many sheets the machine can fold at one time. These limits are
dependent on the paper weight of your sheets, and fold type
selected, and should not be exceeded. It is therefore strongly
recommended that, when programming your system to print your
OMR sheets, these limits are taken into account. If these limits are
exceeded, it could result in a material stoppage or damage to the
material and the machine.
Typical
OMR marks