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Generic MICR Fundamentals Guide
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Overview
MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) is a process by
which documents are printed using magnetic ink and special
fonts to create machine readable information for quick document
processing.
Although traditionally MICR has been used to print accounting
and routing information on bank checks and other negotiable
documents, the magnetic encoding lends itself to any form of
document processing.
The following figure shows a check with a MICR line. This line
contains block-shaped numbers running along the bottom of the
check, and non-numeric characters called “symbols.” This entire
string of numbers and symbols is printed using magnetic ink.
Figure 1-1. MICR line on a check
Summary of Contents for 6100BD - Phaser Color Laser Printer
Page 1: ...January 2003 701P22140 Xerox Document Services Platform Generic MICR fundamentals guide...
Page 17: ...Overview Generic MICR Fundamentals Guide 1 7 Figure 1 2 Life cycle of a check...
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Page 46: ...Paper facts 3 18 Generic MICR Fundamentals Guide...
Page 74: ...Document design 4 28 Generic MICR Fundamentals Guide...
Page 86: ...Document processing 5 12 Generic MICR Fundamentals Guide...
Page 105: ...Quality control Generic MICR Fundamentals Guide 6 19 Figure 6 12 E13B characters and waveforms...
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