Re: Native MICR font

Hi Vern,

Thanks for the heads-up. I think that many banks have gone away from requiring actual magnetic ink, since the clearing process has mostly moved away from paper. As I understand it, the checks are scanned and sent electronically to the processing centers, instead of delivering them via airplane. This change was due in large part to two major airline (no fly) outages: 9/11 and a more recent one where a large part the electric grid in the Northeast had trouble.

-mark


At 6/26/09 10:26 AM, you wrote:

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
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Rick
>>
>> Systems Manager
>> Dealer's Auto Auction of Okc
>> 1028 S. Portland
>> Oklahoma City, OK 73108
>> (405) 947-2886
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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