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ST9335
Secure MICR Printer
User's Guide
Source Technologies
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  • Page 1 ST9335 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide Source Technologies 2910 Whitehall Park Drive Charlotte, NC 28273 www.sourcetech.com techsupport@sourcetech.com 800-922-8501...
  • Page 2 This manual serves as a reference for Source Technologies Secure MICR Printers. The user manual that ships with your printer contains details on printer setup and operations and should be read first. This manual should be used as a reference for learning more about MICR technology, and developing MICR printing applications.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    7 IBM Host Programming Features and Examples ... 28 Hex Transfer ... 28 Figure 7.1: MICR Mode Command Example ... 30 Figure 7.2: Sample Check ... 31 Escape Character Translation ... 33 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Table of Contents © Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 4 Appendix D: ICR Secure Numeric Font Mapping ... A5 Appendix E: MICR Mode Command Summary ... A6 Appendix F: Audit Report Command Summary ... A7 Appendix G: PJL Based MICR Commands ... A8 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 5: Printer Installation

    2. Follow the instructions in the CD booklet to start the printer setup utility appropriate for your operating system, i.e. Windows 95, NT, etc. The setup utility will install printer driver and utilities to manage Source Technologies printer(s) attached to your PC or Network.

  • Page 6: Micr Overview

    Today, check standards are determined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X9B of which Source Technologies is a voting member. The latest versions of the standards and technical guidelines are available from Global Engineering Documents.
  • Page 7 ANSI X9.13 Specifications for Placement and Location of MICR Printing ANSI X9.18 Paper Specifications for Checks ANSI X9.27 Print and Test Specifications for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 2: MICR Overview Page 3 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 8: Micr Check Design

    Contact your sales representative for this information. For a fee, Source Technologies will test your paper for proper MICR adherence and check reader/sorter performance. There are also many security features available to aid in the overall security of your MICR documents.
  • Page 9 See Chapter 5 and Appendix C for information on Source Technologies’ Secure Numeric Font. Convenience Amount The convenience amount location is specified in ANSI X9.7.
  • Page 10 A fixed pitch courier font, or if available OCR-B, are also acceptable fonts to print the convenience amount. Note: The Source Technologies’ Secure Numeric Font (see Appendix C) should not be used in the convenience amount since it is not a machine readable font.
  • Page 11 This one digit field is position 44 of the MICR line. This field is usually left blank. The use of this field is controlled by the ASC X9B Standards Committee. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 3: MICR Check Design Position 44 Page 7 of an inch © Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 12 It will be bounded by Amount Symbols (/). Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 3: MICR Check Design Page 8 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 13: Figure 3.1 Sample Check

    The illustrated box in the diagram is optional and if used, should conform to ANS X9.7. A single stroke dollar sign is required. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 3: MICR Check Design Page 9 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 14: Quality Issues

    MICR documents with your printer. The printers’ MICR toner sensor is designed to work with the Source Technologies MICR toner cartridge to prevent printing checks with regular toner present. You may choose to use this printer for general office printing, which is acceptable.

  • Page 15: Micr Check Stock

    Quality Quality MICR check printing with your ST Secure MICR Printer requires check stock that matches the printer’s requirements. Source Technologies can supply paper specifically made for our printers. If you wish to order check stock from other suppliers, please show the following requirements to your sales representative. We will test other suppliers’...
  • Page 16 Store your check stock in a cool, dry, environmentally stable and secure area. Protective wrappings should be removed just prior to use. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 4: Quality Issues Page 12 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 17: Security Issues

    We recommend consulting with your local paper supplier for any additional comments or suggestions. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 5: Security Issues Page 13 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 18: Security Note

    7. Use “Positive Pay” check services from your financial institution that match check number and dollar amounts to known information. Financial institutions should encourage full participation of corporate clients. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 5: Security Issues Page 14 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 19 Investigate employee backgrounds before assigning security authority. Split responsibilities, for example, an accounts payable production/security officer should not also balance the account. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 5: Security Issues Page 15 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 20: Micr Features

    MICR Features Source Technologies’ Secure MICR Printers are designed to allow both general office document printing and secure MICR document printing. You may print a variety of conventional jobs with regular Lexmark toner using all of the printer features available such as MarkNet and MarkVision network attachment interfaces and network printer utilities.

  • Page 21: Bi-Directional Feedback

    Audit Trail overlay. Your Secure MICR Printer has two areas where you may store these resources: FLASH and RAM Memory. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 6: MICR Features Page 17 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 22: Micr Menu

    See the MICR Mode Commands section of this chapter for more information. MICR Type designates the printer as a “normal” Source Technologies Secure MICR Printer or as a Secure MICR OptraForms Printer. The default is “normal.” Hex Transfer and Density Control are normally reserved for ST Technocal Support.
  • Page 23 &%STFPASSWORD$ at the beginning of their job. Use the &%STH command if you experience page ejects while in &%STF mode. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 6: MICR Features Page 19 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 24: Micr Mode Commands

    (4 bytes in hex) Command terminator Lead in sequence New password, must be 8 characters either printable or non printable. Dollar ($) sign is an invalid password character. Command terminator. Page 20 Section 6: MICR Features © Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 25 In order to set a new password the current password must first be sent. Caution: Errors made in sending the new password command could lead to setting it to an unknown value. If the Password is unknown the printer must be returned to Source Technologies to be reset to PASSWORD.
  • Page 26 Byte count of resource file in Hex, must be 6 positions Format of the resource file S = Single byte binary format D = Double byte text format Flash resource file. e.g. forms overlay, signatures etc. Page 22 Section 6: MICR Features © Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 27 Command terminator &%STTU#$ Unlocks tray The tray to be unlocked (choose from 1, 2 or 3 only) Command terminator Turns tray swapping on Turns tray swapping off Command terminator Page 23 Section 6: MICR Features © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 28: Des And Aes Decryption

    DES and AES Decryption Data Encryption Standard (DES) and the recently approved Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) are both supported in the Source Technologies Secure MICR Printers. The minimum Code Level support for AES is 8.5j. Levels 8.5i. and lower only support DES.

  • Page 29: Mfp Copy Defeat Commands

    Postscript MICR printing. We tested a few Postscript printer drivers and did not detect copy count commands, but the specific data streams should be tested. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 &%STDON$ &%STAON$ &%STDOFF$ &%STAOFF$ &%STMCDON$ &%STMCDOFF$ Page 25 Section 6: MICR Features © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 30: Custom Character Conversion Commands

    0D 0A (carriage return, line feed) &%STC1E$ replace 1E with nothing - simply removes all 1E characters from the data &%STC00$ turn character conversion off Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Page 26 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 31: Special Alert And Custom Beep Command

    (0-63) dddd is a four digit duration (0-1023) Example: &%STBEEP02250300$ plays 2 long (duration 300) beeps at a frequency of 25. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Page 27 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 32: Ibm Host Programming Features And Examples

    Transfer will be turned off unless it has previously been activated outside of MICR Mode with the &&??&% string. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 7: IBM Host Programming Features and Examples Page 28 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 33 This command is a printer reset PCL command which consist of the Esc character and printable E character and may be sent by simply putting the Esc character in Hex. Page 29 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 34: Figure 7.1: Micr Mode Command Example

    16.00 784.00 1.11 54.44 41.11 2014.44 20.00 980.00 4.00 196.00 16.00 784.00 1.11 54.44 41.11 2014.44 &%1B$(s1p16v0s3b4148T 1000 &%1B$(3@ October 5, 2005 &%1B$(20000X ! &%1B$(3@ Page 30 October 5, 2005 1000 October 5, 2005 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 35: Figure 7.2: Sample Check

    DISCOUNT TAKEN N E T AMOUNT PAID 20.00 4.00 16.00 1.11 41.11 1000 CHECK No October 5, 2005 DATE AMOUNT $2014.44 NON-NEGOTIABLE © Source Technologies All rights reserved 1000 980.00 196.00 784.00 54.44 2014.44 980.00 196.00 784.00 54.44 2014.44 66-156...
  • Page 36 We are precisely positioning the MICR line. Print E-13B MICR Command. Prints the MICR line. Note the MICR font character mapping in Appendix A. PCL command to Pop (return) the cursor to the pushed position. Page 32 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 37: Escape Character Translation

    If you want to reset the ESC character translation from the previous settings then you can send the &%STY Command to deactivate the translation. Example: &%STY0000$ Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 7: IBM Host Programming Features and Examples #&l8D Page 33 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 38: Audit Trail Reports

    The values in field 4 must follow certain guidelines to be included in the column summation. Dollar signs and commas must be properly located, no more than two numbers after a decimal Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 8: Audit Trail Reports Page 34 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 39 The printer will stop printing and prompt the operator to print and purge the Audit Report memory. See the following section for purge instructions. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Invalid Formats “$1,23,” “432.123” “34 test” “12$123” Page 35 Section 8: Audit Trail Reports © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 40: Audit Trail Command Set

    Data to be stored Command terminator &%SMDd..d$ or &%SM7d..d$ Lead in sequence Data to be printed Command terminator &%SQ3d..d$ Lead in sequence Data to be printed Command terminator Page 36 Section 8: Audit Trail Reports © Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 41 Lead in sequence Data to be printed Command terminator &%SQ6d..d$ Lead in string Data to be printed Command terminator &%SQ7d..d$ Lead in string Data to be stored Command terminator Page 37 Section 8: Audit Trail Reports © Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 42 Each record will be terminated with carriage return-line feed (0x0D 0A). Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 &%SPURGExx$ Lead in string option(s) Command terminator &%SPRINTxx$ Lead in string option(s) Command terminator Page 38 Section 8: Audit Trail Reports © Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 43 56-95 field 3 (from SQ3) 96-111 112-119 120-138 139-150 ETX (0x03) The printer will continue to report until it is powered off and back on. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Page 39 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 44: Figure 8.1: Audit Trail Command Example

    20.00 980.00 4.00 196.00 16.00 784.00 55.55 1.11 54.44 41.11 2014.44 &%1B$(s1p16v0s3b4148T1000&%1B$(3@ &%SQ6October 5, 2005$ &%SQ4$2014.44~ &%1B$(20000X ! &%1B$(3@ &%STORE$ Page 40 Section 8: Audit Trail Reports Oct. 5, 2005 Oct. 5, 2005 &&??!! © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 45: Figure 8.2: Audit Trail Check Sample

    2014.44 41.11 1000 CHECK NO October 5, 2005 N E T AMOUNT PAID 980.00 20.00 196.00 4.00 784.00 16.00 54.44 1.11 2014.44 41.11 1000 CHECK No 66-156 October 5, 2005 DATE AMOUNT $2014.44 NON-NEGOTIABLE © Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 46 PCL command to print font number 200. In this example font 200 is a signature previously loaded into flash memory. Here we call it and print it with an exclamation point (!). Page 42 Section 8: Audit Trail Reports © Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 47 Audit Report but this field is not printed on the page. Signals the end of a check and the end of Audit Report recording. Turns Hex Transfer off. Page 43 Section 8: Audit Trail Reports © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 48: Figure 8.3 Audit Trail Report

    February 15, 2001 08:46:50 AM February 15, 2001 08:47:32 AM February 15, 2001 08:49:45 AM February 19, 2001 09:35:40 AM February 21, 2001 10:30:45 AM February 22, 2001 11:15:25 AM SQ5=8 spaces SQ6=19spaces Q7=12 spaces © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 49: Error Messages

    Then inspect the printed page for a more detailed error message. See list of MICR Error Messages on following page. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Section 9: Error Messages Page 45 © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 50: Micr Error Messages

    Menu>Security Lock and enter the correct combination. Press Go to resume the print job. Check the Activate/Set Front Panel Combination Lock Command in your software. Check the Activate/Set Front Panel Combination Lock Command syntax in your software. © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 51: Appendix A: E13B Micr Font Mapping

    T t B b : 54 74 42 62 3A O o C c ; 4F 6F 43 63 3B V v D d - = 56 76 44 64 2D 3D will print: © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 52: Appendix B: Cmc7 Micr Font Mapping

    Colon Semi-Colon Less Than < Equal Greater Than > The CMC7 Font in the example above is magnified for purposes of clarity. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Hex Values CMC7 Font Values © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 53: Appendix C: Secure Numeric Font Mapping

    Appendix C: Secure Numeric Font Mapping Command &%SMFddd...dd~ Description Alpha/Numeric Character Dollar Sign Left Bracket Right Bracket Asterisk Comma Dash Period Slash Zero Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Hex Value Secure Font Character © Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 54 Seven Eight Nine Arrow > Example: &%SMF($>>>1,123.00)~ NOTE: The secure fonts in the example are magnified for purposes of clarity. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Hex Value Secure Font Character will print... © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 55: Appendix D: Icr Secure Numeric Font Mapping

    Three Four Five Seven Eight Nine Asterisk Comma Period Dollar Sign NOTE: The secure fonts in the example are magnified for purposes of clarity. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Hex Value Character © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 56: Appendix E: Micr Mode Command Summary

    Makes Flash Resource Command available to be called, must be 5 integers Locks Tray 1, 2 or 3 for MICR printing Locks Tray1, 2, or 3 Turns tray swapping ON Turns tray swapping OFF Terminates MICR Mode © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 57: Appendix F: Audit Report Command Summary

    Ends Audit Record and PJL Job Prints and purges the Audit Report Caution: All previous Audit Report information will be lost. Formats flash memory. An error will occur if Audit Report has not been purged. Ends MICR Mode © Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 58: Appendix G: Pjl Based Micr Commands

    Sent after PCL, this sequence re-locks the resources with no change in the password value. The PJL syntax of LDELETEPASSWORD is not the password. The command sequence terminates with the UEL command (Universal Exit Language). This is optional but recommended. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 59 After PJL has unlocked the MICR FLASH resources, the ST-9116 uses standard PCL5e commands to print. The five resident Source Technologies MICR font resources are all bitmapped fonts and therefore cannot be scaled larger or smaller than the bitmapped images.
  • Page 60 PRINTER STATE = READY = BUSY = NOT READY SERIAL NUMBER = XXXXXXXX PAGECOUNT = 123456 CARTRIDGE TYPE = NORMAL = MICR Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 INFO MICR Command The ID Call Source Technologies All rights reserved...
  • Page 61 Empty Threshold = xxxx A cartridge count value that determines when printing must stop to ensure quality MICR documents Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide July 2003 = UNKNOWN = OK = LOW = EMPTY = 0-9 = UNKNOWN Source Technologies All rights reserved...

  • Page 62: Pjl Micr Command Example

    The next command calls MACRO 100 that was previously loaded in RAM memory. When called the graphic background, logos, and static data is written to the internal print buffer. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide Source Technologies July 2003 All rights reserved...
  • Page 63 The next 4 lines call our secured MICR font resources. We are using the ID for the font call. The Form Feed prints the page. PJL Re-Lock Sequence The last two lines re-lock the secured fonts. The password is not changed in this example. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide Source Technologies July 2003 All rights reserved...
  • Page 64 FIGURE 8.1 SAMPLE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CHECK Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide Source Technologies July 2003 All rights reserved...
  • Page 65 <ESC>*p900x6325Y<ESC>(30802X<ESC>&k15H O123456O T123456780T 12345D67890O <ESC>*p1500x5100Y<ESC>(30043X ($**1,234.56) <ESC>*p3650x5400Y<ESC>(30066X $**1,234.56 <ESC>*p3000x6000Y<ESC>(30055X PAY ABC TOOL & DIE x THOUSAND XXX HUNDRED AND XX CENTS PAY etc. <0C> Form Feed <ESC>%-12345X@PJL LDELETEPASSWORD LRESOURCE:"flash:" <ESC>%-12345X Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide Source Technologies July 2003 All rights reserved...

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