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IBM Infoprint 1352 MICR 40

Secure MICR Printer

User’s Guide

Source Technologies

2910 Whitehall Park Drive

Charlotte, NC 28273

www.sourcetech.com

[email protected]

800-922-8501

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Page 1: ...IBM Infoprint 1352 MICR 40 Secure MICR Printer User s Guide Source Technologies 2910 Whitehall Park Drive Charlotte NC 28273 www sourcetech com techsupport sourcetech com 800 922 8501 ...

Page 2: ...ated July 2003 Every effort has been made to ensure that all the information contained in this booklet is complete and accurate Changes typos and technical inaccuracies will be corrected in subsequent publications This publication is subject to change without notice The information and descriptions contained in this manual cannot be copied disseminated or distributed without the express written co...

Page 3: ... 13 Security Note 14 6 MICR Features 16 MICR Mode 16 MICR Fonts 16 Secure Fonts 16 MicroPrint 16 Bi Directional Feedback 17 Resource Storage 17 MICR Menu 18 Entering MICR Mode 18 MICR Mode Commands 20 DES and AES Decryption 24 MFP Copy Defeat Commands 25 Custom Character Conversion Commands 26 Special Alert and Custom Beep Command 27 7 IBM Host Programming Features and Examples 28 Hex Transfer 28 ...

Page 4: ...Error Messages 45 MICR Error Messages 46 AppendixA E 13B MICR Font Mapping A1 Appendix B CMC7 MICR Font Mapping A2 Appendix C Secure Numeric Font Mapping A3 Appendix D ICR Secure Numeric Font Mapping A5 Appendix E MICR Mode Command Summary A6 Appendix F Audit Report Command Summary A7 Appendix G PJL Based MICR Commands A8 Secure MICR Printer User s Guide Source Technologies July 2003 All rights re...

Page 5: ... Network 3 The Source Technologies 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 Print Resolution under the Graphic Tab should be set to the Default value of 600 DPI Form Source under the Paper Tab should be set to Defau...

Page 6: ...ncodes the check amount in the MICR line to be read by the reader sorter equipment Checks travel through reader sorters at up to 20 miles per hour 2 400 documents per minute with each MICR line read in three hundredths of a second MICR Printing Today Congress established the Federal Reserve System FRS in 1913 Today most commercial banks in the United States belong to the FRS Many other depository ...

Page 7: ... documents are as follows ANSI X9 7 Specifications for Bank Check Background and Convenience Amount Field 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 Section 2 MICR Overview ...

Page 8: ...re correctly positioned on your document Design Elements in Detail Paper The ideal paper for check production is 24 lb laser bond Our MICR lab has tested paper stock from most major manufacturers and has compiled a list of products that produce superior results Contact your sales representative for this information For a fee Source Technologies will test your paper for proper MICR adherence and ch...

Page 9: ...format of Day Month and Year is also acceptable Amount The amount of the check is a required element The amount usually appears at least twice on the check The amount printed in numbers is called the convenience amount The amount printed in words is sometimes referred to as the legal amount since this is the amount that applies if there is a difference between the two amount fields The amount may ...

Page 10: ...RS Given the available area on the document you may need to use a smaller font when printing larger value amounts Payee Area The payee is a necessary element for a negotiable document The payee area is generally to the left side of the document either above or below the amount in words It is often preceded by the words Pay to the Order Of The payee data should not enter the MICR clear band which e...

Page 11: ...ch The number of digits in the check serial number is controlled by the financial institution and the MICR line format Consult your banking institution for their requirements Fractional Routing Number The fractional routing number should be printed in a fractional format in the upper right quadrant of the check This number is assigned to identify the Federal Reserve District and drawee institution...

Page 12: ... content of this field is left to the drawee bank On personal checks this field also contains the check serial numbers The On Us field may not consist of more than 19 characters An On Us symbol must appear immediately to the right of the account number Blank Field Position 13 Position 13 is always left blank Amount Field Positions 1 to 12 The amount field is the right most field in the MICR line I...

Page 13: ...desires services offered by the bank which require a serial number The serial number format is controlled by the payor s bank A D should match E Routing Number 34 42 Designates the Federal Reserve district and financial institution Each city state or region that the bank serves has a unique institution identifier IMPORTANT positions 35 42 is the Routing Number position 34 is the check digit F Acco...

Page 14: ...g its life Once low toner is sensed there may not be enough MICR toner left to produce quality MICR documents MICR Toner Sensing When the printer enters MICR mode and attempts to print a MICR font it checks to ensure a MICR toner cartridge is loaded in the printer If a regular cartridge is present an alarm will sound and the user must load a MICR cartridge before their print job will resume A mess...

Page 15: ...to existing check stock Keep in mind perforations orientation special logos and any color elements The printer can print just about anything as long as it is black Weight We recommend 24 lb 29 lb paper Stiffness We recommend taber M D 2 5 and C D 1 1 minimum Smoothness For best toner fusing we recommend rougher surfaces within the base printers specifications and the Paper Specifications for Check...

Page 16: ...re The paper moisture content should be between 4 7 and 5 5 Storage conditions have much to do with the final moisture content of most papers Store your check stock in a cool dry environmentally stable and secure area Protective wrappings should be removed just prior to use Section 4 Quality Issues ...

Page 17: ...t case the loss will be shared Check Stock Security Features We have found the following check stock security features to be of merit Artificial Watermarks White on white printing generally on the back reveals words or patterns when held at an angle You should state on the front of the check that this feature is present It cannot be copied Laid Lines Evenly spaced background lines that make cut an...

Page 18: ...ddress both alteration and counterfeiting of original items A short list of these features would be Warning Bands or other methods that alert recipients to visual security features Artificial or genuine watermarks in the base paper Chemical additives in the base paper that react to chemical alteration attempts Void Pantographs that address attempts to copy original items Unique security fonts that...

Page 19: ...blic 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 10 Stay abreast of current check fraud methods and the latest in fraud detection Offer seminars to educate corporate clients 11 Review and document your internal negotiable document printing procedures Invest...

Page 20: ...rrect eight digit combination must be entered from the front panel The correct password command must be received by the printer from the software application prior to printing any MICR documents MICR Fonts The E 13B and CMC7 MICR fonts are resident in your printer Examples of these fonts are in the Appendix of this manual They can only be accessed after MICR mode is activated by your software A MI...

Page 21: ...a The application can get information on MICR settings such as toner cartridge type MICR or regular locked trays which trays are locked to non MICR applications resident fonts macros and audit trail settings The printer can send the application MICR error messages such as load MICR toner When the printer receives the PJL INFO STVARIABLES command it will report all MICR variables to the host The MI...

Page 22: ...e recommend storing all check related resources in secured flash memory MICR Menu Your Secure MICR Printer contains a front panel menu specific to MICR applications The complete menu is as follows Security Lock Audit Menu Audit Location Flash Disk Record Sorting Overlay Sum Field 4 Print Report Setup Menu MICR Type Normal Optraforms Hex Transfer Density Control Use the menu button on the front of ...

Page 23: ...k to see if the proper Front Panel Combination has been entered when enabled Allow access to secure check printing resources such as MICR fonts and secure fonts stored in printer ROM Allow access to protected signatures overlays logos and other important resources stored in password protected nonvolatile flash memory Display MICR Mode Active on the printer s front panel Disable the printer s front...

Page 24: ...e page MICR Mode Commands Password Command STFPASSWORD or STHPASSWORD STF or STH Lead in sequence PASSWORD User defined password 8 characters case sensitive unprintable characters allowed Factory default is PASSWORD See also New Password Command Command terminator MICR Definition Command SMCPxxxx optional SMCP Lead in sequence xxxx MICR count the number of MICR lines to be printed during this prin...

Page 25: ...dd ddd SMD Lead in sequence ddd ddd Data to be printed in E 13B MICR font Command terminator Prints the specified data in the E 13B MICR font which is used in the United States Canada and Mexico The correct spacing begins at the cursor position at the start of the command After the terminator is sent the printer is returned to its default font After each Print E 13B command the MICR count is decre...

Page 26: ...oint is used the MP designate will print just above and to the right of the last character 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 Load Flash Resource STLxxxxxyyyyyyzdd dd STL Lead in sequence xxxxx Resource number in decimal must be 5 digits yyyyyy Byte cou...

Page 27: ...igits Command terminator Unlocks a secure flash resource Tray Lock Command STTL STTL 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 Tray Unlock Command STTU STTU Unlocks tray The tray to be unlocked choose from 1 2 or 3 only Command terminator Tray Swapping Commands STTSON ...

Page 28: ...ly The keys messages themselves can be encrypted with either DES orAES for either DES orAES Only one DES and oneAES key exists at any one point in time Old keys are not saved To change either a DES or anAES key requires the MICR Password Command The Secure MICR printer does not have any capability to encrypt a return or Bi directional message DecryptionCommands Decryption requires printer processi...

Page 29: ...OFF should either have the command right justified or padded out to the block boundary Any padding bytes after the command terminator will be discarded MFP Copy Defeat Commands A Secure MICR printer with the Multi Function Printer MFP feature can scan and copy documents This allows the end users to copy MICR documents with MICR toner The Copy Defeat command will block the copy function when a MICR...

Page 30: ...pe of conversion is permitted at any particular point in time but thefunctioncanbemodifiedwithinadatastreammultipletimes The conversion information is stored in NVRAM and is retained through power off power on cycles This means you could send the command one time and all future print jobs would be converted Special precau tions are required if printer fonts and Macro s are downloaded to your print...

Page 31: ...ommand will not stop the printing process NOTE Beep Commands will not chain or link together You cannot play Beethoven s 5th Symphony During the execution of a beep pattern all other beep commands are eaten Two important documents could be sent to the printer one after the other both with beep commands but the pattern would only occur one time NOTE The two digit frequency value is inverted The hig...

Page 32: ... applications use the following commands Turning Hex Transfer On To enable Hex Transfer send the following command Once Hex Transfer is enabled the character sequence will act as a trigger sequence Any data following these trigger characters will not be printed and will be treated as Hex Transfer data until the Hex Transfer ending character is encountered Turning Hex Transfer Off To turn Hex Trans...

Page 33: ...nds the PCL Esc sequence Esc l4H which is a paper source command identifying what tray the paper will be pulled from 1B 45 or 1B E This command is a printer reset PCL command which consist of the Esc character and printable E character and may be sent by simply putting the Esc character in Hex Note Hex Transfer can now be set ON or OFF via the MICR Menu See Section 6 MICR Menu ...

Page 34: ... 1 B 2 6 6 6 3 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 7 9 3 3 5 8 1000 200 Vendor Systems October 5 2005 99999 Oct 1 05 1000 00 20 00 980 00 1234567 Oct 2 05 200 00 4 00 196 00 136784 Oct 3 05 800 00 16 00 784 00 555555 Oct 3 05 55 55 1 11 54 44 2055 55 41 11 2014 44 1000 200 Vendor Systems October 5 2005 99999 Oct 1 05 1000 00 20 00 980 00 1234567 Oct 2 05 200 00 4 00 196 00 136784 Oct 3 05 800 00 16 00 784 00 555555...

Page 35: ... 200 NAME VENDOR SYSTEMS CHECK DATE October 5 2005 DUPLICATE FILE COPY CHECK NO 1000 VENDOR NO 200 NAME VENDOR SYSTEMS CHECK DATE October 5 2005 TOTALS REFERENCE NUMBER INVOICE DATE GROSS AMOUNT DISCOUNT TAKEN NET AMOUNT PAID 99999 1234567 136784 555555 Oct 1 05 Oct 2 05 Oct 3 05 Oct 3 05 1000 00 200 00 800 00 55 55 20 00 4 00 16 00 1 11 980 00 196 00 784 00 54 44 2055 55 41 11 2014 44 TOTALS REFE...

Page 36: ...terminator 1B s0p12h1s0b4099T PCL command to change the font to Courier 12 pitch Italic Print PCL Fonts from the Front Panel menu for a list of fonts with their call commands 1B 3 PCL command to return to the default font 1B 20000X PCL command to print font number 20000 In this example font 20000 is a signature previously loaded into flash memory Here we call it and print it with an exclamation po...

Page 37: ...pe character STY4040 After this is sent to the printer anytime an is received in exact sequence the pair is translated into the ESC character Hex 1B A single would print normally If yy is equal to 00 only the first character is used for the escape character Example The symbol should translate into the escape character STY4000 After this is sent to the printer anytime an is received it is translate...

Page 38: ...ther fields for inclusion in the Audit Report does not effect how they print on a check Audit Trail Menu The MICR menu contains a section for the Audit Trail options Menu options are Record Sorting Overlay Sum Field 4 and Print Report Audit Record Sorting Enables sorting of the report by the first 20 digits in the MICR line field In an unsorted report the records are in the order in which they wer...

Page 39: ...printer will print an error message Total exceeds maximum value instead of the total Print Audit Report Prints an Audit Trail Report The Audit Trail Report is also part of the command set so the Audit Report can be printed and purged via the host application As a security control mechanism purging is only possible after entering a valid password The printer can store approximately 6 000 records or...

Page 40: ...a to be stored Command terminator This command identifies the data to be printed in the first column of the report It is a maximum of 14 characters in length If less than 14 characters are sent the printer fills the field with spaces when the audit report is printed This field is recorded in the audit report only it is not printed on the check Audit Report Field Two MICR Line SMDd d or SM7d d SMD ...

Page 41: ... terminator Audit Report Field Five SQ5d d SQ5 Lead in sequence d d Data to be printed Command terminator This command identifies the data to be printed in the fifth column of the report This field is a maximum of eight characters Audit Report Field Six SQ6d d SQ6 Lead in string d d Data to be printed Command terminator This command identifies the data to be printed in the sixth column of the repo...

Page 42: ...e front panel overlay setting is on it cannot be forced off by a datastream command If the front panel overlay setting is off however a datastream command can activate this feature This command can only be accessed with a valid password command Print Audit Report SPRINTxx SPRINT Lead in string x option s Command terminator Prints theAudit Report The optional field can be any combination of the fol...

Page 43: ...he host that sent this command every time an audit job successfully prints Each report will be a 151 byte string byte 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 SQ4 112 119 SQ5 120 138 SQ6 139 150 SQ7 151 ETX 0x03 The printer will continue to report until it is powered off and back on ...

Page 44: ... 1000 200 Vendor Systems Oct 5 2005 99999 Oct 1 05 1000 00 20 00 980 00 1234567 Oct 2 05 200 00 4 00 196 00 136784 Oct 3 05 800 00 16 00 784 00 555555 Oct 3 05 55 55 1 11 54 44 2055 55 41 11 2014 44 1B s1p16v0s3b4148T1000 1B 3 SQ6October 5 2005 SMF 2014 44 1B s0p12h10v1s0b4099T Two Thousand Fourteen and 44 100 DOLLARS 1B 3 SQ4 2014 44 SQ3 Vendor Systems 927 Warehouse Road Kansas City MO 59782 1B 2...

Page 45: ...7 Warehouse Road Kansas City MO 59782 AMOUNT 2014 44 VENDOR NO 200 NAME VENDOR SYSTEMS CHECK DATE October 5 2005 DUPLICATE FILE COPY CHECK NO 1000 VENDOR NO 200 NAME VENDOR SYSTEMS CHECK DATE October 5 2005 TOTALS REFERENCE NUMBER INVOICE DATE GROSS AMOUNT DISCOUNT TAKEN NET AMOUNT PAID 99999 1234567 136784 555555 Oct 1 05 Oct 2 05 Oct 3 05 Oct 3 05 1000 00 200 00 800 00 55 55 20 00 4 00 16 00 1 1...

Page 46: ...s the font to Univers 16 point After the check serial numbers prints 100 the printer is returned to its default font with the following command 1B 3 PCL command to return to default font SQ6October 5 2005 Stores the date in the sixth position of the Audit Report SMF 2014 44 Prints Secure Font command NOTE Tilde is command terminator 1B s0p12h10v1s0b4099T PCL command to change the font to Courier 1...

Page 47: ...down We are precisely positioning the MICR line SMD Print E 13B MICR command Prints the MICR line and stores the MICR line information in the second position in the Audit Report 1B f1S PCL command to pop return the cursor to the pushed position SQ710 33 45 AM Here we send the time of print to the printer The data is recorded in the Audit Report but this field is not printed on the page STORE Signa...

Page 48: ...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 Audit Report page1 Records 1 through 10 of 10 indicates check did not print indicates gap in check numbers 200 00001000 123456789 12345678912345678 Vendor Systems 2 014 44 February 10 2001 10 33 44 AM 200 00001001 562478923 12345678912345678 Classic Homes Construction 28 576 72...

Page 49: ...ese messages appear if there is a MICR related problem The printer may also print an error message on the page near where the error occurred In many cases you can receive more information about a displayed error by pressing Go to print the job which caused the error Then inspect the printed page for a more detailed error message See list of MICR Error Messages on following page Section 9 Error Mes...

Page 50: ...he current stored password Front panel combination feature has been enabled but was not entered before a MICR job was started An error was detected in the Activate Set Front Panel Combination Lock Command The combination must be eight digits in length An error was detected in the Activate Set Front Panel Combination Lock Command A character was received in the command that was a non integer Press ...

Page 51: ...A On Us Symbol O o C c 4F 6F 43 63 3B Dash Symbol V v D d 56 76 44 64 2D 3D 0 Zero 0 30 1 One 1 31 2 Two 2 32 3 Three 3 33 4 Four 4 34 5 Five 5 35 6 Six 6 36 7 Seven 7 37 8 Eight 8 38 9 Nine 9 39 Example SMD 00001234 T01234567T3210987654321 will print 00001234 01234567 3210987654321 00001234 01234567 3210987654321 00001234 01234567 3210987654321 00001234 01234567 3210987654321 00001234 01234567 32...

Page 52: ...ues CMC7 Font Characters Values1 Zero 0 30 One 1 31 Two 2 32 Three 3 33 Four 4 34 Five 5 35 Six 6 36 Seven 7 37 Eight 8 38 Nine 9 39 Colon 3A Semi Colon 3B Less Than 3C Equal 3D Greater Than 3E 1 The CMC7 Font in the example above is magnified for purposes of clarity Appendix B CMC7 MICR Font Mapping Command SM7ddd ddd ...

Page 53: ...All rights reserved Appendix C Secure Numeric Font Mapping Command SMFddd dd Description Alpha Numeric Hex Value Secure Font Character Character Dollar Sign 23 Left Bracket 28 Right Bracket 29 Asterisk 2A Comma 2C Dash 2D Period 2E Slash 2F Zero 0 30 One 1 31 Two 2 32 ...

Page 54: ... C continued Secure Numeric Font Mapping Description Alpha Numeric Hex Value Secure Font Character Character Three 3 33 Four 4 34 Five 5 35 Six 6 36 Seven 7 37 Eight 8 38 Nine 9 39 Arrow 3E Example SMF 1 123 00 will print NOTE The secure fonts in the example are magnified for purposes of clarity ...

Page 55: ...eric Font Mapping Command SMIxxxxxx Description Alpha Numeric Hex Value Character Character Zero 0 30 One 1 31 Two 2 32 Three 3 33 Four 4 34 Five 5 35 Six 6 36 Seven 7 37 Eight 8 38 Nine 9 39 Asterisk 2A Comma 2C Period 2E Dollar Sign 23 NOTE The secure fonts in the example are magnified for purposes of clarity ...

Page 56: ...x B Print Secure Numeric Font SMFddd ddd Prints the Secure Numeric Font at the current print position Note The tilde is the command terminator see Appendix C Print ICR Secure Numeric Font SMIxxxxxx Prints the ICR Secure Numeric Font at the current print position see Appendix D Print in MicroPrint SMMxxxxxx Prints data in MicroPrint font Load Flash Resource STLxxxxxyyyyyyzddd dd Loads a Flash Resou...

Page 57: ...ck Amount SQ4d d Records fourth field of the Audit Report and prints the check amount Audit Report Field Five SQ5d d Records fifth field of Audit Report Audit Report Field Six SQ6d d Records sixth field of Audit Report Audit Report Field Seven SQ7d d Records seventh field of Audit Report does not print Print Audit Report SPRINT Prints Audit Report End Audit Record STORE Ends Audit Record and PJL J...

Page 58: ...mmands The re lock PJL commands must follow the PCL commands and final form feed command The PCL com mands could print an unlimited number of pages between the unlock and re lock sequences We will use ESC in the following examples to indicate the Escape character ASCII 27 Values shown in parentheses are hexadecimal PJL Unlock Sequence ESC 12345X PJL LDECLARE LRESOURCE flash LRWLOCK PASSWORD 0D 0A ...

Page 59: ...is does make troubleshooting format errors difficult Have patience Note Density and EconoMode PJL commands are ignored by the ST 9116 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 bitma...

Page 60: ...nit of Measure command early in the data stream The command also affects X Y positioning commands Add ESC u600D 3 After calling the E 13B MICR font issue a HMI Horizontal Motion Index command set to 8 characters per inch The command must be included with every E 13B MICR font call using either the Selection String or ID call The command string is ESC 10O ESC s0p8h8v0s7b360T ESC k15H font data The ...

Page 61: ...urn Normal could mean the command was sent to a non MICR printer Cartridge Status OK Low and Empty are the expected returns Unknown is possible if the cartridge had just been installed Cartridge Serial Cartridge Serial Number Toner Level A single digit return giving a rough estimate of toner remaining 9 Full 0 Empty Cartridge Count xxxx Data indicating toner usage by counting pixels printed Low Th...

Page 62: ...s of the variable text example are PJL commands that unlock the MICR font resources and enter PCL language processing The password used is PASSWORD the initial ship default These commands and all following commands are all case sensitive ESC is used to illustrate the ASCII Escape Character ASCII 27 hex 1B An actual data stream requires the Escape Character not ESC PCL Initial Set Up The next two c...

Page 63: ...election strings ESC s4099t0b10H being a very short version to call Courier Normal Weight 10 Pitch ESC p300x600Y is a PCL positioning command In this case its values are 600 pixels down and 300 pixels to the right of the upper left corner of the page The Unit of Measure command determines the exact distance The next 4 lines call our secured MICR font resources We are using the ID for the font call...

Page 65: ...5Y ESC s4099t3b8H 123456 ESC p3250x2200Y 123456 ESC p4250x4450Y 123456 ESC p3650x4775Y xx xx xxxx ESC p400x5225Y ESC s4099t0b15H xxxxx Thousand xxxxx Hundred xxxxx Dollars and xx 100 Cents 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 ...

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