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Secure MICR Printer User's Guide
September 2005
ST9530
Secure MICR Printer
User's Guide
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Source Technologies
2910 Whitehall Park Drive
Charlotte, NC 28273
www.sourcetech.com
techsupport@sourcetech.com
800-922-8501
© Source Technologies
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  • Page 1 ST9530 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide Source Technologies 2910 Whitehall Park Drive Charlotte, NC 28273 www.sourcetech.com techsupport@sourcetech.com 800-922-8501 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 2 Source Technologies, Inc. No liability, expressed or implied, will be assumed by Source Technologies, Inc. or its dealers or affiliates for any damage resulting from use of this information.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    MICRpoint..............28 7 IBM Host Programming Features and Examples..30 Hex Transfer ..............30 Figure 7.1: MICR Mode Command Example ....32 Escape Character Transition ........34 Figure 7.2: Sample Check ..........35 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 4 Appendix C: Secure Numeric Font Mapping......A4 Appendix D: ICR Secure Numeric Font Mapping....A7 Appendix E: MICR Mode Command Summary.......A8 Appendix F: Audit Report Command Summary ......A10 Appendix G: PJL Based MICR Commands……………………A11 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 5: Printer Installation

    Source Technologies printer(s) attached to your PC or Network. 3. The Source Technologies MICR printer, in most cases, assumes the printer driver is set to the internal DEFAULT values. The following Default values should not be changed for best overall printer performance and data stream requirements of the ST Secure MICR printer.

  • 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 X9.7 will become ANSI X9.100-110 ANSI X9.13 will become ANSI X9.100-110, Parts 1 & 2 ANSI X9.18 will become ANSI X9.100-10 ANSI X9.27 will become ANSI X9.100-20 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 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 The amount may also be printed a third time on the check in a secure font, intended to make alteration of the amount field difficult. 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 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 The routing field is bounded by Transit Symbols (:) in positions 43 and 33. It contains fixed format information about the drawee institution. Consult with your bank for the specific data field to be placed here for each of your accounts. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 12 When the check enters the banking system, the bank of first deposit encodes this field from data in the convenience amount field. It will be bounded by Amount Symbols (/). Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 13: Figure 3.1 Sample Check

    H. Convenience Amount Area should be in the general location shown above in the diagram. 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 © Source Technologies September 2005 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: Security Issues

    NOTE: These quality issues serve as a general guide for check production. You should not consider these features as an all inclusive list. We recommend consulting with your local paper supplier for any additional comments or suggestions. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 17: Security Note

    5. Safeguard check stock paper, and limit access only to necessary employees. 6. Understand and approve the security procedures of your check stock suppliers to safeguard stock in their custody. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 18 11. Review and document your internal negotiable document printing procedures. 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 © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 19: Micr Features

    6. 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 20: Microprint

    @PJL USTATUS DEVICE CODE=40020 DISPLAY=”MICR Password Error Press Go” ONLINE=FALSE (formfeed----HEX 0C) The code will always be 40020, only the display line will change to indicate the specific error. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 21: Resource Storage

    Use the menu button on the front of your printer to toggle through the menu options. To select an option press the select (√) button. An item is selected when it has an asterisk (*) after it. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 22: Entering Micr Mode

    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 Technical Support.

  • Page 23: Micr Mode Commands

    MICR Definition Command &%SMCPxxxx$ &%SMCP Lead in sequence xxxx MICR count, the number of MICR lines to be printed during this print job. (4 bytes in hex) Command terminator Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 24 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 25 This is optional and is typically used to notify the check recipient of the presence of MicroPrinting. Only 0-9, A-Z (upper and lower case) print. Special characters and spaces disappear. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 26 Lock tray command The tray to be locked (choose from 1, 2 or 3 only) Command terminator This command prevents other applications from accessing a particular printer paper tray. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 27 This command allows you to redefine the PCL values for Trays 2 and 3 to allow software and operational consistency with older printers in the system. Swapping ON causes any <esc>&l4H to be replaced with 5H and vice-versa. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 28: Des And Aes Decryption

    DES and AES Decryption Data Encryption Standard (DES) and the 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

    Copy Defeat command will block the copy function when a MICR toner cartridge is installed, but allow the copy function with standard toner. MFP MICR Copy Defeat ON &%STMCDON$ MFP MICR Copy Defeat OFF &%STMCDOFF$ Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 30: Custom Character Conversion Commands

    Example: &%STC1E0D0A$ sets the convert character to 1E - the printer will replace any 1E character in the data stream with 0D 0A (carriage return, line feed) Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 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 © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 32: Micrpoint

    DOWN arrow, and center key to enter Vertical values. Since we want to move the MICR line UP, this requires a – or negative value. Use the UP/DOWN keys to select -, and Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 33 1-800-922-8501 with your ST9530 serial number on hand to receive the MICR Positioning Gauge (shown above). The Positioning Gauge will be sent to you free of charge. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 34: Ibm Host Programming Features And Examples

    MICR Mode is entered, Hex Transfer will automatically be turned on, and when MICR Mode is exited, Hex Transfer will be turned off unless it has previously been activated outside of MICR Mode with the &&??&% string. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 35 Esc character in Hex. Note - Hex Transfer can now be set ON or OFF via the MICR Menu. See Section 6, MICR Menu Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 36: Figure 7.1: Micr Mode Command Example

    &%SMF$2014.44~ &%1B$(s0p12h1s0b4099T *********** Two Thousand Fourteen and 44/100*******DOLLARS &%1B$(3@ $2014.44 Vendor Systems 927 Warehouse Road Kansas City, MO 59782 &%1B$(20000X ! &%1B$(3@ &%1B$&f0S &%1B$*p296x3184Y &%SMD;00001000; :123456789:1234567890123:$ &%1B$&f1S Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 37 Print E-13B MICR Command. Prints the MICR line. Note the MICR font character mapping in Appendix A. &%1B$&f1S PCL command to Pop (return) the cursor to the pushed position. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 38: Escape Character Transition

    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$ 8 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 39: Figure 7.2: Sample Check

    Figure 7.2: Sample Check Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 40: Report Details

    Select Audit Menu>Overlay. This overlay will now be merged with the record details every time the Audit Trail Report is printed. Sum Field 4 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 41 MICR Mode is entered and before the first flagged field appears. It should be sent at the beginning of each check record. End Audit Record &%STORE$ &%STORE Lead in sequence Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 42 Audit Trail Report it is typically used for the convenience amount field. NOTE: This is the only command where the $ is not a command terminator. The tilde ~ (hex 7E) acts as the command terminator. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 43 Total Field 4 Overlay Sort by MICR line Communicate - send report to host instead of printing - see additional information below on SPRINT command Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 44 1 STX (0x02) bytes 2-15 field 1 of the audit record (from SQ1) 16-55 field 2 (from SMD) 56-95 field 3 (from SQ3) 96-111 112-119 120-138 139-150 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 45: Figure 8.1: Audit Trail Command Example

    ***********Two Thousand Fourteen and 44/100*******DOLLARS &%1B$(3@ &%SQ4$2014.44~ &%SQ3 Vendor Systems$ 927 Warehouse Road Kansas City, MO 59782 &%1B$(20000X ! &%1B$(3@ &%1B$&f0S &%1B$*p296x3184Y &%SMD;00001000; :123456789:1234567890123:$ &%1B$&f1S &%SQ710:33:45 AM$ &&??!! &%STORE$ Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 46: Figure 8.2: Audit Trail Check Sample

    Figure 8.2 Audit Trail Check Sample The datastream in Figure 7.1 will print the following check (assuming the check macro and signature are loaded as flash resources). Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 47 Stores the amount in the fourth position of the Audit Report. &%SQ4$2104.44~ Stores the payee, Vendor Systems, in the third position of the &%SQ3Vendor Systems $ Audit Trail report. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 48 Audit Report but this field is not printed on the page. Signals the end of a check and the end of Audit Report &%STORE$ recording. &%??!! Turns Hex Transfer off. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 49: Figure 8.3 Audit Trail Report

    SQ7= The time that the check was printed. All of the above fields will be printed on the check with the exception of field 1 and field 7. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 50: Error Messages

    Load MICR Toner Before printing a Replace standard MICR font, the toner cartridge with a printer checks for MICR Toner. Go to MICR toner. If proceed. If MICR Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 51 MICR Password Error Password Length Password length is Check the Password Error. not equal to eight Command in your Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 52 STP command ensure that is it not write protected or full. If error occurs on STP command, check to confirm that the resource is stored in Flash. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 53: Appendix A: E13B Micr Font Mapping

    56 76 44 64 2D 3D Zero Three Four Five Seven Eight Nine Example: &%SMD ;00001234; T01234567T3210987654321;$ will print: ;00001234; :01234567:3210987654321; Select only one alphanumeric character to call the font. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 54: Appendix B: Cmc7 Micr Font Mapping

    Appendix B: CMC7 MICR Font Mapping Command &%SM7ddd..ddd$ Description Alpha/Numeric Hex Values CMC7 Font Values 1 Characters Zero Three Four Five Seven Eight Nine Colon Semi-Colon ; Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 55 Less Than < Equal Greater Than > The CMC7 Font in the example above is magnified for purposes of clarity. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 56: Appendix C: Secure Numeric Font Mapping

    Appendix C: Secure Numeric Font Mapping Command &%SMFddd...dd~ Description Alpha/Numeric Hex Value Secure Font Character Character Dollar Sign Left Bracket Right Bracket Asterisk Comma Dash Period Slash Zero Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 57 Appendix C continued: Secure Numeric Font Mapping Description Alpha/Numeric Hex Value Secure Font Character Character Three Four Five Seven Eight Nine Arrow > Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 58 Example: &%SMF($>>>15,575.00)~ NOTE: The secure fonts in the example are magnified for purposes of clarity. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 59: Appendix D: Icr Secure Numeric Font Mapping

    Appendix D: ICR Secure Numeric Font Mapping Command &%SMIxxxxxx~ Description Alpha/Numeric Hex Value Secure Font Character Character Zero Three Four Five Seven Eight Nine Asterisk Comma Period Dollar Sign Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 60: Appendix E: Micr Mode Command Summary

    5 integers Tray Lock Command &%STTL#$ Locks Tray 1, 2 or 3 for MICR printing Unlock Tray Command &%STTU#$ Locks Tray 1, 2, or 3 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 61 Tray Swapping Commands &%STTSON Turns tray swapping ON &%STTSOFF$ Turns tray swapping OFF Quit MICR MODE Command &%STQ$ Terminates MICR Mode Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 62: Appendix F: Audit Report Command Summary

    Audit Report information will be lost. Format Flash Memory &%SFF$ Formats flash memory. An error will occur if Audit Report has not been purged. End MICR Mode &%STQ$ Ends MICR Mode Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 63: Appendix G: Pjl Based Micr Commands

    FLASH are unlocked and available to PCL. The password value is limited to no more than 8 alphanumeric case sensitive characters. PJL Re-Lock Sequence <ESC>%-12345X@PJL LDELETEPASSWORD LRESOURCE:flash:”(0D)(0A) <ESC>%-12345X Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 64 PCL Font Call Commands 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 65 The following data is returned @PJL INFO MICR PRINTER STATE = READY = BUSY = NOT READY SERIAL NUMBER = XXXXXXXX PAGECOUNT = 123456 CARTRIDGE TYPE = NORMAL = MICR Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 66 The following paragraphs describe the command functions. The commands are a minimal set chosen to produce the example. Please consult Lexmark Technical publications for the complete descriptions of PJL and PCL printer commands. Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 67 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 September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 68 FIGURE 8.1 SAMPLE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CHECK Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 69 <ESC>*p600x5800Y Yourcity, ST 12345-6789 <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 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 70 <ESC>%-12345X@PJL LDELETEPASSWORD LRESOURCE:"flash:" <ESC>%-12345X Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide © Source Technologies September 2005 All Rights Reserved...

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