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Re: Network Printing to Dot Matrix Printers - MICR...
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"Wayne R. Boyer" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 7 Feb 2002 14:48:03 EST
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MICR = Magnetic Ink Character Recognition - The stuff at the bottom of your
checks is printed in a MICR font which is designed to be easily read via OCR
technology.  The 'ink' or toner used to produce these characters should also
include a special iron additive to make the characters magnetically readable
as well.

Note that MICR also includes some special characters which do not exist in a
regular character set.  These have to do with signaling the beginning and end
of the character string to MICR reading devices.

Wayne Boyer
Cal-Logic

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