Test scoring machine

Claim 1

A test scoring machine comprising: a computer printer for printing on single sheets of paper, said computer printer having an input for single sheets of paper and an output for single sheets of paper to exit said printer and said computer printer having a printer driver and a print head for printing onto single sheets of paper passing through said computer printer; a cut sheet feeder attached to said computer printer for feeding single sheets of paper from a stack of sheets of paper to said printer; a light source attached to said printer adjacent said cut sheet feeder in a position for directing a light onto the surface of a sheet of paper being fed from said sheet feeder into said computer printer; an optical reader attached to said computer printer adjacent said light source and cut sheet feeder for reading the reflected light from said light source off the surface of a sheet of paper being fed from said sheet feeder into said computer printer, whereby marks on each said sheet of paper being fed into said printer are read by said optical reader; computer means attached to said computer printer and operatively coupled to said optical reader for receiving the output from said optical reader and producing an output signal analogous to a score of the signals read by said optical reader, said computer means including storage means for storing a scanned master document containing positional placement of test answers and comparing means for comparing each scanned test sheet with said storage means stored master document; and printer interface means coupling said computer means output to said computer printer print driver for driving said printer print head for printing a score on a test paper being fed from said sheet feeder through said printer whereby a test paper fed into a printer has the score printed thereon as it exits the computer printer.