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Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide Released Electronic Copy ST Doc Control 07/17/2009.
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Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide Table of Conten ts 1. Prin ter and Driv er Inst alla tion....................................................................... ........ 5 Driv er Ov erv iew .........................
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide A ppen dix A : E1 3B MIC R Font Map pin g ..................................................................... 61 A ppen dix B : CMC7 M ICR F ont Mapp ing ............................
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 5 1. Printer and Driver Installat ion Note: To access Sou rce Tech nologies’ secure fonts loaded on the pr inter, such as the E13B MICR font, download the universa l driver as desc ribed in th e next section.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 6 Driver Overview Your new M ICR printer requires specific PCL 5 commands to load and pri nt secure fonts such as the M ICR E13B font.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 7 Downloading the Universal Driver 1. Browse to the UR L below from your we b browser. http://www .sourcetech.com/suppo rt/drivers.asp 2. From this pa ge go to the section for the particul ar operating syste m you ar e using such as W id ows 2 000, XP, etc.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 8 Installing the Driver Note : Do not conn ect the printer at this time. 1. From the Source Tech Driv er folder, double-click t he driver installatio n program. Note: The name of the driver ’s .
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 9 4. Leave the “Sav e files in folder” option as show n above then cl ick Next > . 5. After the installation p rogram in stalls the necessa ry files, the following message w ill be display ed revealing the next step s required to install the driver.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 10 6. Click Can cel if connecting th rough USB. 7. Power on the printer and w ait for the New Hardware W izard to appear.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 11 9. Select Install from a list or spec ific location (Adva nced). 10. Cl ick Next > . 11. Cl ick Don’t search, I will choose the driv er to install . 12. Cl ick Next > . 13. Scroll down the list and s elect Printers .
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 12 14. Cl ick Next > . 15. Cl ick Hav e Disk . Printer and Driver I nstallation | 1.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 13 16. Sel ect Bro wse . Browse to the drive r files on your disk and then selec t Open . 17. Sel ect OK . 18. Sel ect Source Techno logies from the Manu facturer list and then click Next > .
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 14 Configure the Driver to enable MICR Mode To unlock the secu re font resource s located in th e printer, the driv er must be configured to send dow n a separator page before each prin t job.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 15 Configure the Driver to Recognize the Printer Secure Fonts 1. Select the Fonts tab. Sel ect Update List . 2. Select the upper Bro w se button. Locate the directo ry that contains the 96XXfont.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 16 3. Choose the port to which yo ur MICR printer is con nected and then select Next > . 4. Select the Hav e Disk button and the Browse but ton and locate the driv er files. Select Sour ce Techn ologies as the M anufacturer and select Nex t > .
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 17 6. Enter a Printer name to differentiate it from the MICR instance o f the driver and then decide i f it is to be the default printer.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 18 Selecting the pr inter Printing Secure fon t resource s from a Windo ws Ap plication First, set the M ICR printer as the active printer – in most application s this is done by selecting Print from the Fil e menu.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 19 Comparison of printer driv ers configured as MICR and non- MICR CONFIGURED FOR MICR CONFIGURED FOR NON-MICR MICR_on.sep separa tor page used Unlocks Secure Resources (fonts) Copy Cou nt = 1 Jam Recovery = Off MICR Toner ONly DEFAULT M ICRJOB=ON MICR_off.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 20 2. MICR Ov ervie w MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Charac ter Reco gnition. All M ICR documents hav e a MICR line with numbers and symbols prin ted in a uni que M ICR font with magnetica lly chargeable in k or toner.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 21 Hardcopy: Softcopy: Global Enginee ring Documents X9 Electronic Boo kstore Phone 800-854-71 79 or 303-397-7956 www .X9.org - click ESS Fax 303-397-2740 www .ansi.org - click ESS global@ihs.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 22 3. MICR Check Design General Features of Check Design To be a legal and ne gotiable documen t, the nece ssary data element s requi red on a check are the da te, amount, pay ee name, payer’s ban k name, and pay er’s signature.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 23 Data Elements Date The date is a re quired data elemen t for a chec k. It represents the day upon which or after which the transfer of the che ck amount may take place.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 24 Given the avai lable area on the document, you may need to use a smaller font when printing large r value amoun ts. Payee A rea The payee is a nece ssary data element for a neg otiable document.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 25 Reserve District and draw ee institution. Consult with you r bank for the pr oper routing number and format for each o f your accou nts.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 26 Figure 3.1: Samp le Check A . Serial Number: M ust be in the upper right corner and match the se rial number in the MICR li ne (see D for further ex planation).
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 27 4. Quality Issues A high quality MICR document can be read by bank reader/so rter equipm ent many times with no readabil ity issues and does not result in d amage to bank e quipment.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 28 MICR Check Stock Check stock has a significant i mpact on the resulti ng quality and security o f your MICR document. Here are a few features that should be considered when sele cting a check stock.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 29 5. Security Issues Printing negotiable documents fro m blank paper on desktop M ICR laser printers makes security a top prio rity for any company embarking on a desktop check p rinting proje ct.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 30 should not be linke d or be e qual to the check se rial number due to the potential of double feeding in laser printers. Note: The se features serve as a general guide for check secu rity.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 31 6. MICR Featu res Source Technolo gies secure MICR printers are desi gned to allow both general office document printin g and secure M ICR documen t printing.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 32 Most check prin ters use this font in the signature area of their p reprinted che cks.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 33 Resource Storage Check-related reso urces, such as form overlay s and signatures, are stored in y our printer wi th unique identifica tion numbers. ID nu mbers must be less than 3276 7.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 34 MICR Type designates the printe r as a “normal” Source Technol ogies secure M ICR printer. The de fault is “normal.” Hex Transfer and Density Control are norma lly reserved for ST Technical Supp ort.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 35 the beginning o f their job. Use the &%STH com mand i f you experience page ejects whil e in &%STF mode. W he n enterin g MICR mode with the &%STH command, the printe r will: • Verify if the proper Front Pane l Combination has been entered (when enabled).
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 36 Caution: Errors made in sending the new pas sword com mand could lead to setting it to an unkno w n value. If the Pas s word is unknown the printer must be returned to Source T echnologies to be reset t o PASS WORD.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 37 Print MICR CMC7 Font &%SM7ddd...ddd$ &%SM 7 Lead in sequence ddd...ddd Data to be printed in CMC7 font $ Command termina tor Prints the speci fied data in the CM C7 M ICR font which is used in Eu rope and South America.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 38 Load Flash Reso urce &%STLx xxxxyyyyyyzdd....dd &%STL Lead in sequence xxxxx Resource number in decimal, mus t be 5 digits.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 39 &%STTU# Unlocks tray # The tray to be unlo cked (choose from 1, 2 or 3 onl y) $ Command termina tor Tray Sw apping Command s &.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 40 Decryption Command s Decryption re quires printer processin g overhead. In our testing encry pted printer data steams near or belo w 100K by tes per page do no t seem to a ffect printer spe ed in term of pages per minu te or first page out timings.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 41 Custom Character Conversation Command The Custom Cha racter Conv ersion Command can be used to reso lve some problems in printer data strea ms.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 42 Note: The two-dig it frequency value is inverte d. Higher values result in lower frequency. &%STBEEP1$ Emits three lon g beeps, three sho rt beeps, three long beeps and three short beeps in successi on.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 43 For instructional value, assume the current M ICRpoint val ues are at 0, the de fault values.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 44 7. IBM Host P rogramming Feature s and Examp les Hex Transfer The Hex Trans fer feature all ows the user to send PCL escape sequence printer commands to the p rinter wi th simple text strin gs.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 45 Hex Transfer Examp les &&??&% This command enable s He x Transfer On &%1B 26 6C 34 48 $ -or- &% 1B $& l 4H Sends the PCL Esc sequence – <Esc>&l4H –which is a pape r source command identi fying the tray from which the paper w ill be pull ed.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 46 Figure 7.1 MICR Mode Command Example The follow ing example show s the MICR Mode commands and Hex Transfer comman ds in use. This datast ream w ould print the chec k on the follow ing page (assuming the check macro and the si gnature are loade d as flash re sources).
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 47 The commands in Figure 7.1 in order of appea rance : &%STFPASS WORD$ Passwo rd Command. &%SM CP0001$ MICR De finition Command w ith the count set to one. &%STP10001$ Unlock Flash Resou rce number 10001.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 48 Escape Character Translation In many IBM host environments , the program mer cannot send an ESC characte r (ASCII hex 1B) to the printe r from withi n the application.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 49 Figure 7.2: Samp le Check Note: The printed output from the commands listed in Figure 7.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 50 8. A udit Trail Reports The Audit Trail Report feature prov ides a report o f the printer’s M ICR printing activ ity.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 51 The values in field 4 must foll ow certain guidel ines to be included in the co lumn summation. Dol lar signs and commas must be pr operly lo cated, no more than two numbers after a de cimal poin t, and no alpha char acters.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 52 This command iden tifies the da ta to be printed in the first column o f the repo rt. It is a maximum of 14 cha racters in len gth. If less than 1 4 characters a re sent, the printer fills the field with spaces when the audit report is print ed.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 53 d..d Data to be printed $ Command termina tor This command iden tifies the da ta to be printed in the sixth column of the report . This field is a maxi mum of 19 characte rs. A udit Report Field Seven &%SQ7d.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 54 The optional field c an be any combination of the followi ng letters: T Total Field 4 O Overlay S Sort by MICR line U Unsuccess fu.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 55 Figure 8.1 A udit Trail Command s Example The follow ing example show s the Audit Trail , MICR M ode and Hex Transfer com mands in use.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 56 Figure 8.2 A udit Trail Che ck Sample The datastream in Figure 8.1 w ill print the foll owing check (assumin g the chec k macro and signature are lo aded as fla sh resources) .
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 57 The commands in Figure 8.1 in order of appea rance (Audit Report fields show n in bold) . &&??&% Hex transfer enable . &%STFPASS WORD$ Passwo rd command. &%SM CP0001$ MICR definition command w ith the count set to on e.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 58 flash memory . Here we call it and print it wi th an exclamation poi nt (!). &%1B(3@ PCL command to return to the defaul t font. &%1B$& f0S PCL command to pus h (store ) the current cursor position.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 59 Figure 8.3 A udit Trail Report Audit Report page1 Records 1 through 10 of 10 *indicates check did not print **indicates gap in check num bers 200 :00001 000; :123456789: 12345678912345678: Ven dor Systems $2,014.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 60 9. Error Messag es Your Secure M ICR Printer has a set of front pane l error messa ges uni que to MICR applications. These messages appear if there is a MICR related problem. The prin ter may also print an e rror message on the page nea r whe re the error occurre d.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 61 Error Message on Display Printed Message Description A ction File Sy stem Error Can’t Open File There was an inte rnal error whil e trying to access flash for audit trail Check that Flash is installed and not full.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 62 Error Message on Display Printed Message Description A ction MICR De finition Line Count Error The number of di gits in the MICR de finition Command is no t equal to four, or there is a non-hexadeci mal character in the count.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 61 Append ix A: E13B MICR Fon t Mapping 1 Select only one alpha numeric charac ter to call the f ont.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 62 Append ix B: CMC7 MICR Fon t Mapping Command &%SM7ddd ..ddd$ Description Alpha/Numeric Hex Values CMC7 Font Characters Values .
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 63 Equal = 3D Greater Than > 3E Note: The CMC7 Font in the example above is magnified for pu rpose s of clarity.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 64 Append ix C: Secure Nume ric Font Mapping Command – &% SMFddd...dd~ Description A lpha/Numeri c Hex Value Sec ure Font Character Character Dollar Sign $ 23 Left Bracket ( 2 8 Right Bracket ) 29 Asterisk * 2A Comma , 2C Dash - 2 D Period .
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 65 A ppendix C c ontinued: Secure Numeric Font Mapping Description A lpha/Numeri c Hex Value Sec ure Font Character Character Two 2 3.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 66 Example: &%SMF($>>>15,57 5.00)~ will print...... Note : The secure fonts in the exa mple are mag nified for purpos es of clarity.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 67 Append ix D: ICR Secure Nume ric Font Mapping Command &%SMIxxxxxx~ Description A lpha/Numeri c Hex Value Sec ure Font Character Character Zero 0 30 One 1 31 Two 2 32 Three 3 33 Four 4 34 Five 5 35 Six 6 36 Seven 7 37 Eight 8 38 Nine 9 39 Asterisk * 2A Comma , 2C Period .
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 68 Append ix E: MICR Mode Co mmand Su mmary Description Command Structure Func tion Passwo rd &%STFPASS WORD$ &%STHPASS WORD$.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 69 Append ix F: Audit Report Command Summa ry Description Command Structure Func tion Start Audit Record &%SAR$ Activates Audit T rail and begins PJL job Audit Report Fiel d One &%S Q1.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 70 Append ix G: PJL Based MICR Comman ds In addition to suppor ting the Tex t Based M ICR Command Set desc ribed in S ections 6 and 7, this Secure MICR printer also supports the PJL based M ICR Commands used o n our slower speed models.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 71 Fonts and Secured Resources The ST Secure M ICR printer has five fonts passw ord protected in Flash memory . The printer requires PJL commands w ith the correct pa ssword val ue to unlock the font resources, follow ed by PCL to print the fonts.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 72 PCL Font Call Commands After PJL has unloc ked the M ICR Flash resource s, the ST-9116 use s stan dard PCL5e commands to prin t.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 73 <ESC>(10O<ESC> (s0p8h8v 0s7b360T<ESC>& k15H font data The Select ion String <ESC>(30802 X<ESC>&k15H font data The ID Call See Font M apping Appendix pages for speci fic character set data for each font.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 74 • Toner Level o A single digit return giving a rou gh estimate of ton er remaining o 9 = Full, 0 = Empty • Cartridge Count = x.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 75 <ESC>*p300x 600Y is a PCL posi tioning comman d. In this case its values are 600 pixels down and 300 pi xels to the right o f the upper le ft corner of the pa ge. The Un it of measure command determines the exact distance .
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 76 Append ix H: Accounts Pay able Appendix H.
Source Technologies, LLC ST9630 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 77 PJL and PCL co mmands used to print the sa mple check: <ESC>%-12345X@PJL LD ECLARE LR ESOURCE:"flash:" LR W LOC K=.
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