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A machine-readable form must meet the following general requirements.

Form background requirements

Backgrounds, dropout colors, and blue-ink cautions.

Anchor requirements

Recommended counts, sizes, and spacing for anchors.

Checkmark field requirements

Recommended checkmark sizes and border widths.

Text marking requirements

Raster dots, character cells, lines, and combs.

Element positioning requirements

Margins and spacing between form elements.

Print quality requirements

Printing, resolution, and margins for blank forms.

Form completion requirements

Pens, letter style, and marking-type effects.