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ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 1 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved ST9510 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide Source Technologies 2910 Whitehall Park Drive Charlotte, NC 28273 www.sourcetech.com techsupport@sourcetech.com 800-922-8501 2006, Source Technologies All rights reserved.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved This manual serves as a reference for Source Technologies Secure MICR Printer. This manual should be used as a reference for learning more about MICR technology, and developing MICR printing applications.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 3 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved Table of Contents 1. Printer Installation .................................................................... 5 2. MICR Overview ........................
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 4 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved 8. MICR Commands Examples .................................................... 26 PJL Unlock Sequence ....................................................
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 5 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved 1. Printer Installation For complete information on how to unpack and setup your printer, see your printer’s user’s guide. Please read the following if you are going to install the printer driver shipped with your printer.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 6 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved 2. MICR Overview MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition. All MICR documents have a MICR line with numbers and symbols printed in a MICR font with magnetically chargeable toner.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 7 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved The key standards that address check documents are as follows: ANSI X9.7 Specifications for Bank Check Background and Convenience Amount Field ANSI X9.13 Specifications for Placement and Location of MICR Printing ANSI X9.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 8 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved 3. MICR Check Design General Features of Check Design To be a legal and negotiable document, the nece ssary elements required on a check are the date, amount, payee, drawee institution, and payer’s signature.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 9 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved Data Elements Date The date is a required data element for a check.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 10 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved Payee Area The payee is a necessary element for a negotiable document. The payee area is generally to the left side of the document either above or below the amount in words.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 11 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved MICR Line Accurate high-speed processing of your checks by financial institution s is enabled by the accuracy and integrity of the data in the MICR line.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 12 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved Figure 3.1: Sample Check A. Serial Number: Must be in the upper right corner and match the serial number in the MICR line (see D for further explanation).
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 13 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved 4. Quality Issues A high quality MICR document can be read by bank reader/sorter equipment many times with no readability issues and does not result in damage to bank equipment.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 14 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved Quality Quality MICR check printing with your ST Secure MICR Printer requires check stock that matches the printer’s requirements. Source Technologies ca n supply paper specifically made for our printers.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 15 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved 5. Security Issues Printing negotiable documents from blank paper on desktop MICR laser printers makes security a top priority for any company em barking on a desktop check printing project.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 16 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved The following internal and external security measures will help minimize your risk of check fraud. 1. Financial institutions should train tellers to look at the check, not the person presenting the check.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 17 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved 10. Stay abreast of current check fraud methods and the latest in fraud detection. Offer seminars to educate corporate clients. 11. Review and document your internal negotiable document printing procedures.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 18 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved 6. MICR Features Source Technologies’ Secure MICR Printer is designed to allow both general office document printing and secure MICR document printing.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 19 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved eye. This font provides protection against reproduction by most scanners and copiers because they cannot successfully print the tiny letters. Most check printers use this font in the signature area of their preprinted checks.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 20 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved 7. MICR Commands The following are the key PJL and PCL commands required to access MICR resources in the printer. For the complete source of information on PJL and PCL languages, consult the Lexmark Technical Reference documentation.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 21 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved PJL Re-Lock Sequence With A New Password Value <ESC>%-12345X@PJL DEFAULT LRESOURCE:”flash:” LRWLOCK=”xxxxxxxx” (0D)(0A)<ESC>%-12345X This command requires the resources to be pr eviously unlocked.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 22 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved 1. If you are using a printer driver that is set to 600 DPI, the printer data stream should include a Unit of Measure PCL command set to 600. The command is <ESC>&u600D 2.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 23 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved • Printer State “Ready” is the expected return • Serial Number = Printer Serial Number • Page Count = Printer Page Count • Cartridge Type “MICR” is the expected return.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 24 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved Error Messages A majority of the printer error conditions are documented in the User’s manual for the printer. The following are additional error conditions related to the ST Secure MICR printer.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 25 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved Ready / Data Off Toner Low On Load Paper Off Paper Jam Off E r r o r O n Blue Button Off The following light pattern indicates t he cartridge is not supported in this specific print er.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 26 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved 8. MICR Command Example Figure 8.1, is an illustration of an Accounts Payable check and remittance information. The page used a PCL MACRO for the static data and background design.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 27 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved PJL Re-Lock Sequence The last two lines re-lock the secured fonts.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 28 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved PJL and PCL commands used to print the sample check: <ESC>%-12345X@PJL LDECLARE LRESOURCE:".
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 29 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved Appendix A: E13B MICR Font Mapping MICR Font Description Alpha/Numeric Hex Values Character Values 1 /.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 30 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved Appendix B: Secure Numeric Font Mapping Description Alpha/Numeric Hex Value Secure Font Character Character Dollar Sign $ 23 Left Bracket ( 28 Right Bracket ) 29 Asterisk * 2A Comma , 2C Dash - 2D Period .
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 31 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved Appendix B continued: S ecure Numeric Font Mapping Description Alpha/Numeric Hex Value Secure Font Cha.
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 32 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved Appendix C: ICR Secure Numeric Font Mapping Description Alpha/Numeric Hex Value Character Character Zero 0 30 One 1 31 Two 2 32 Three 3 33 Four 4 34 Five 5 35 Six 6 36 Seven 7 37 Eight 8 38 Nine 9 39 Asterisk * 2A Comma , 2C Period .
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 33 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved Appendix D: CMC7 MICR Font Mapping Description Alpha/Numeric Hex Values CMC7 Font Characters Values 1 .
ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 34 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved Semi-Colon ; 3B Less Than < 3C Equal = 3D Greater Than > 3E 1 The CMC7 Font in the example above is magnified for purposes of clarity.
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