Why is just a soft font and MICR toner not adequate?
Technology required to recreate the E13B MICR font needs to be capable of creating exact character formations. The magnetic properties in the ink or toner used in printing the E13B font can generate electronic signwave signatures when passed through the high speed reader/sorter equipment installed within Banking Check Clearing institutions. The electronic signature generated by each character is translated into the numeric values representing the Bank/State/Branch ID, Client account number and Auxiliary number ie. check number. The amount of the document is captured via optical character recognition methods which can translate both machine printed and hand written values. This information is then used by the banking institution to exchange the amount of the document from the issuers account to the payees account or visa versa in the case of billing items. Today, the HP LaserJet “MICR Enabled” printing solution that we recommend, provides high quality and secure printing within central
