RE: Native MICR font -- MIDRANGE-L

Vern,

This is coming from a vendor that has been selling software
that allows companies to print their checks in-house for
many many years.

1) Most banks do still require the MICR toner.
(DO NOT use recharged cartridges to save a couple of bucks,
not worth the potential problems, trust me on this one)

2) There are programmers that have managed to write their
own program to print checks using a MICR font. So I am not
saying you can?t do it and you should purchase a solution
from a vendor. But I would say be careful there are some
very important things to consider.

A) The MICR line must be placed very precisely on the check,
and each character must also be placed in a specific
location in relation to the MICR area. You will need to
purchase a MICR template that you can place over your check
to verify the MICR line is placed correctly. Even with the
template, during the verification process with the bank you
may need to adjust the placement to pass the banks
specifications.

B) Be prepared for the unforeseen. We had a customer that
was printing thousands of checks every week for over a year.
Then one day they call and tell us bank is rejecting many of
the checks (the bank still processes them but if there is a
high number of rejects the bank can charge for the extra
handling). (They tightened their specifications, causing
rejects, with our software we just adjusted the placement a
few thousandths of an inch and got them fixed)
If this happens just be prepared to get in there and work
with the bank to get the issue resolved.

C) Come the day to print checks, be prepared if the printer
fails some day. Will you be able to print payroll checks (on
another printer with MICR toner)?

Personal thought: The HPT process of converting AFP to PCL
is not a perfect science as far as data placement being very
very precise. If I were you I would output PCL directly to
the printer so you do not have that potential "gotcha"

There are specifications for printing MICR line all of the
internet. You should do some research before spending a lot
of money

If you have any questions or would like to speak offline
call or email me

Good luck

John Allen
Jallen@xxxxxxxxxxx
678 417-1521
DRV Technologies, Inc.
www.drvtech.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vern Hamberg [mailto:vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 10:27 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Native MICR font

Mark

Seems you need a special toner, as well - for the Magnetic
part of MICR
- just googled on "micr toner hp" and got lots of hits - at
least you
used to have to do this.

Vern

M. Lazarus wrote:

Bill,

I'm looking to print it on an HP printer, so
we're generating to an *AFPDS *PRTF and using HPT
to convert it to PCL. Will those fonts work using that

setup? Thanks.

-mark

At 6/26/09 08:43 AM, you wrote:

Each printer has its own MICR font. Using the
font designed for a different printer will get
you MICR characters, but you may or may not
achieve an acceptable scan rate. Please get the font that

matches your printer.

The forum points to
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/printers/products/fonts/micr/
which is the right font for the Infoprint 4000 family

only.

So don't go find any MICR font, find the MICR
font for exactly the printer you are using.
If you need a MICR font for an Océ printer,
please contact me or look on Océ web site, Xerox theirs,

etc.

Bill Scott
Océ North America, Inc.
Tel.: (561) 997-3256
e-mail: Bill.Scott@xxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of

Rick DuVall

Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 11:09
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Native MICR font

Hello M.,

http://forums.systeminetwork.com/isnetforums/showthread.php?
t=53291

HTH

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Best regards,
Rick

Systems Manager
Dealer's Auto Auction of Okc
1028 S. Portland
Oklahoma City, OK 73108
(405) 947-2886
mailto:rick@xxxxxxxxxx
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Sunday, June 21, 2009, 11:21:47 PM, you wrote:

ML> I'm looking to print checks with the MICR font. Is

there a native

ML> MICR font, including those separator characters? Is

it part of the

ML> base system or is it an add-on chargeable LPP?

Thanks.

ML> -mark

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