RE: micr code

http://www.ddilink.com/

They support printers that have been modified to print MICR using MICR toner
at a higher temperature.  One such printer comes from Source Technology in
Charlotte, NC.

Alex

> -----Original Message-----

> Here's the story.  I've been trying to find the answer to
> this question for
> 3 weeks.  I have contacted over 50 businesses, clubs, individuals and
> organizations with no useable answer.  My company wanted to
> get away from
> preprinted checks but we have a limited budget in our IS
> department.  So we
> created our own bank check template in Microsoft Word and
> uploaded to the
> AS/400.  We use RPG, The template we uploaded combined with
> our DDS prints
> the Checks perfectly on our HP LaserJet 5si.  The only thing
> left is to have
> the MICR code print at the bottom of the check.
>
> We were under the impression that we could just buy a MICR
> font, load it to
> the AS/400 and use the font in our DDS.  NO one and I mean no
> one has been
> able to tell me if there is such a thing as a MICR font that
> you can load to
> the AS/400 and then be able to use it in your DDS.  I thought
> it would be a
> popular font, I guess I was wrong.  Can anyone tell me if such a font
> exists.  If one does exist is there any special DDS coding
> you need to do
> when using a MICR font?  Also noticed there are special characters
> separating the check number and the bank account number in
> the MICR code,
> any light on how these special characters are printed?
>
> If there is no such font we can buy does anyone have an
> alternative approach
> we can take.  Don't want to buy a lot of software.  I mean we have the
> entire check just the way we want it except for the MICR
> code.  Someone said
> we could get software for the HP printer to accommodate the
> font but what do
> I code in my DDS to let the printer know.
>