a | represents any alphanumeric character (digit or letter) |
crepresents that a check character is verified but not transmitted
drepresents any digit
erepresents any available OCR character
grepresents character from
hrepresents character from
irepresents character from
krepresents that a check character is verified but transmitted
lrepresents any uppercase letter
t | marks the start of a new template |
r | 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
2.Begin building the template.
Scan the Enter OCR Template symbol (page
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
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