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 2006, Source Technologies
All rights reserved.
Written and produced by Source Technologies
March 2006
ST Secure MICR Printer User's Guide
March 2006
ST9510
Secure MICR Printer
User's Guide
techsupport@sourcetech.com
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Source Technologies
2910 Whitehall Park Drive
Charlotte, NC 28273
www.sourcetech.com
800-922-8501
2006, Source Technologies
All Rights Reserved

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  • Page 1 Source Technologies 2910 Whitehall Park Drive Charlotte, NC 28273 www.sourcetech.com techsupport@sourcetech.com 800-922-8501  2006, Source Technologies All rights reserved. Written and produced by Source Technologies March 2006 ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 2 This manual serves as a reference for Source Technologies Secure MICR Printer. This manual should be used as a reference for learning more about MICR technology, and developing MICR printing applications. This guide was produced to assist IS Technicians and Engineers in the integration of Source Technologies’ programmed printers with their custom MICR applications.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    PJL Unlock Sequence............20 PJL Re-Lock Sequence ............20 PJL Re-Lock Sequence with New Password Value....21 PCL Font Call Commands ............22 PJL Info MICR Command .............22 Error Messages..............24 ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 4 Appendix A: E-13B MICR Font Mapping..........29 Appendix B: Secure Numeric Font Mapping ........30 Appendix C: ICR Secure Numeric Font Mapping......32 Appendix D: CMC7 MICR Font Mapping .........33 ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 5: Printer Installation

    Source Technologies printer(s) attached to your PC or Network. 3. The Source Technologies 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:...
  • 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) ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 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: Data Elements

    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 6 and Appendix B for information on Source Technologies’ Secure Numeric Font. Convenience Amount The convenience amount location is specified in ANSI X9.7.
  • Page 10 This number is assigned to identify the Federal Reserve District and drawee institution. Consult with your bank for the proper routing number and format for each of your accounts. ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 11 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 (/). ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 12: 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. ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 13: 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 14 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.

  • Page 15: Security Issues

    However, these may not prove 100% fraud preventative. Over time, technology will continue to develop new and improved measures to address check fraud. ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 16 Use public sources such as phone books to verify phone numbers. Ask new account applicants why they are opening an account with your institution. Be suspect of unusual answers or delays in responding. ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 17 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. ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 18: Micr Features

    6. MICR Features Source Technologies’ Secure MICR Printer is designed to allow both general office document printing and secure MICR document printing. You may print a variety of conventional jobs with MICR toner using all of the printer features available. These printers come standard with PCL5e, PCL6, and PostScript Level 2 emulation.

  • Page 19: Resource Storage

    Resource Storage The Flash memory in the printer contains the five Source Technologies secured fonts, but the Flash memory can be loaded with additional resources for check or non-check printing. The Flash can be loaded with signature fonts, overlay Macros, or other custom resources up to the space available.

  • Page 20: 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. ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 21: Pjl Re-Lock Sequence With New Password Value

    Note: Density and EconoMode PJL commands are ignored by the ST9510. PCL Font Call Commands After PJL has unlocked the MICR FLASH resources, the ST9510 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 22: Pcl Font Call Commands

    = LOW = EMPTY CARTRIDGE SERIAL# = XXXXXXXX TONER LEVEL = 0-9 = UNKNOWN CARTRIDGE COUNT = XXXX LOW THRESHOLD = XXXX EMPTY THRESHOLD = XXXX ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 23 The Toner Low point based on cartridge count value • Empty Threshold = xxxx A cartridge count value that determines when printing must stop to ensure quality MICR documents ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 24: Error Messages

    MICR toner if not present. Ready / Data Low Toner Blinking Load Paper Paper Jam Error Blue Button Blinking Unsupported Print Cartridge ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 25 Load Paper Paper Jam Error Blue Button The following light pattern indicates the cartridge is not supported in this specific printer. Replace with a supported cartridge type. ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 26: Micr Commands Examples

    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. ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 27: Pjl Re-Lock Sequence

    PJL Re-Lock Sequence The last two lines re-lock the secured fonts. The password is not changed in this example. FIGURE 8.1 SAMPLE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CHECK ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 28: Pjl & Pcl Commands

    <ESC>*p600x5600Y<ESC>(s10H ABC TOOL & DIE <ESC>*p600x5700Y 123 Main Street <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 <0C> Form Feed <ESC>%-12345X@PJL LDELETEPASSWORD LRESOURCE:"flash:" <ESC>%-12345X ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 29: Appendix A: E13B Micr Font Mapping

    V v D d - = 56 76 44 64 2D 3D Zero Three Four Five Seven Eight Nine Example: ‘”;0001234;:01234567:3210987654321; 1 Select only one alphanumeric character to call the font. ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 30: Appendix B: Secure Numeric Font Mapping

    Appendix B: Secure Numeric Font Mapping Description Alpha/Numeric Hex Value Secure Font Character Character Dollar Sign Left Bracket Right Bracket Asterisk Comma Dash Period Slash Zero Three Four ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 31 Hex Value Secure Font Character Character Five Seven Eight Nine Arrow > Example: NOTE: The secure fonts in the example are magnified for purposes of clarity. ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 32: Appendix C: Icr Secure Numeric Font Mapping

    Character Zero Three Four Five Seven Eight Nine Asterisk Comma Period Dollar Sign NOTE: The secure fonts in the example are magnified for purposes of clarity. ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

  • Page 33: Appendix D: Cmc7 Micr Font Mapping

    Appendix D: CMC7 MICR Font Mapping Description Alpha/Numeric Hex Values CMC7 Font Values 1 Characters Zero Three Four Five Seven Eight Nine Colon ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...
  • Page 34 Semi-Colon Less Than < Equal Greater Than > 1 The CMC7 Font in the example above is magnified for purposes of clarity. ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2006, Source Technologies March 2006 All Rights Reserved...

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