Xerox 6100BD - Phaser Color Laser Printer Fundamentals page 155

embossment
encoding
extra auxiliary
domestic field
extra auxiliary
serial field
extraneous ink
felt side
ferromagnetic
field
fillers
fine-sort
finish
font
Generic MICR Fundamentals Guide
The raised impression of a printed character on a paper
document. Embossment is caused on the back side of a
document by impact processes that may use an excessive
amount of pressure to imprint the character on the document.
(See debossment.) Also termed with the type of non-impact
printing.
1. Imprinting MICR characters on checks, deposits, or other bank
documents. 2. The magnetized recording of data on the
magnetic strip on a bank card.
Area on the check where information is relevant to the bank only.
Commonly used for a serial number in deposit transactions. Also
called "extra auxiliary serial field." (Australia)
See extra auxiliary domestic field. (Australia)
Magnetic ink or other ink not intentionally printed which is
located within the clear band.
During manufacturing of paper, the pulp mixture is poured onto a
screen so that the liquid drains out, leaving only the pulp, which
dries to form the paper. The side of the paper that is exposed
(away from the screen) is called the felt side. This side has a felt-
like texture with more short fibers and sizing that the opposite
(wire) side.
Having characteristics of substances with magnetic properties
resembling those of iron. MICR systems use a ferromagnetic dry
ink.
A specified portion of the MICR line that is limited to a set of one
or more characters that may be treated as a unit of information.
Compositions used to fill in the pores in paper to improve
smoothness, opacity, and affinity for ink. Clay is often used as a
filler.
The sorting of a group of documents into a particular sequence
for the next processing step. The fields that are sorted are
usually some portion or all of the On-Us, transit, or auxiliary On-
Us fields.
The final coating or surface of a paper. May be rough or smooth,
glossy or dull, etc.
A collection of characters with a consistent size. Refers to the
printer's internal fonts, or fonts stored in optional font cartridges
and soft font diskettes.
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