Honeywell 4800dr manual Creating an OCR Template, Template Characters

Creating an OCR Template

A single template allows you to program the imager to read any combination of characters in the order you specify. Refer to examples that follow the Template Characters table below.

Template Characters

a

c

d

e

g

h

i

k

l

t

r

represents any alphanumeric character (digit or letter)

represents that a check character is verified but not transmitted

represents any digit

represents any available OCR character

represents character from user-defined variable “g”

represents character from user-defined variable “h”

represents character from user-defined variable “g” or “h”

represents that a check character is verified but transmitted

represents any uppercase letter

marks the start of a new template

multi row indicator

All other characters represent themselves. Spaces can be used.

Note: In MICR E13 B templates, TOAD characters (capital letters T, O, A, and D), represent Transit, On Us, Amount, and Dash.

Note: OCR templates default to eight digits, no check character.

To Add an OCR Template

1.Turn on the OCR font you want to read (page 7-1).

2.Begin building the template.

Scan the Enter OCR Template symbol (page 7-10).

3.Scan the characters for the string.

Use the Template Characters chart above to determine what characters you need to create your format. Use the OCR Programming Chart (after the Sample Codes in the back of this manual) to scan the characters for your template.

Example: You need to read any combination of eight digits. The template would be:

dddddddd

To create this template, you would enable the OCR-A font. Scan the Enter OCR Template symbol (page 7-10), then scan the d from the OCR Programming Chart in the back of this manual eight times. Scan Save OCR Template (page 7-10). This would let you read any string of eight digits, for example:

37680981

Character Match Sequences

This method is used if you need a template that shows a specific character in a specific position. Put the character in uppercase in the template at the required position (template characters are always lower case).

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