Do the cheque specifications in Standard 006 have any impact on cheque security features?
The CPA’s cheque specifications will accommodate a range of features currently in use as well as new approaches that are emerging for the image environment. Any security features used on cheques must not interfere, either before or after imaging, with the MICR line or other areas of interest as defined in Standard 006, Part A. In particular, if a VOID pantograph or other hidden pantograph is used, it must not be visible on images captured from the original cheques. As well, certain techniques such as inverse printing that may interfere with image or data capture are no longer permitted.
