NCR 7167 Owner's Manual page 219

7167 Owner's Manual
Once a parsing format is specified, the following values are returned:
MICR Characters
Numerics
Space
Dash
Field separator*
Country code*
*As specified in the parsing parameter string
Check Serial Number
Parsing the Check Serial Number
Most banks print the check serial number in three easily recognizable spots. The printer
firmware will look for the number in these spots, using the following ordered algorithm.
The examples use letters to represent symbols on the check:
A number bracketed by "on us" symbols in the auxiliary "on us" field is the check serial
number.
Otherwise, a three or more digit number to the right of the rightmost "on us" symbol, and
to the left of the leftmost amount symbol if an amount field is present, is the check serial
number.
If both of these searches fail to produce the check serial number, extract the whole account
number field from between the rightmost transit symbol and the rightmost "on us"
symbol. A three, four, or five-digit number to the right of the rightmost transit symbol,
separated by a space or a dash from the rest of the account number is the check serial
number.
If all of these searches fail to produce the distinct check serial number, and the check serial
number field has been specified in the parsing parameter string options, no check serial
number will be returned. If it is imbedded within the account number field, it will be
returned as part of that variable length field.
t Transit symbol
o "on us" symbol
$ Amount symbol
- Dash
c Check serial number
x Any other number
occcccco txxxxxxxxxt xxxxxxxxo
txxxxxxxxxt xxxxxxxxo cccc
txxxxxxxxxt xxxxxxxxo cccc $xxxxxx$
txxxxxxxxxt cccc xxxxxxxxo
txxxxxxxxxt cccc-xxxxxxxxo
txxxxxxxxxt cccc xxxxxxxxo xx
ASCII Hexadecimal
0...9 0x30...0x39
0x20
- 0x2D
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