4. Quality Issues
A high quality MICR document can be read by bank reader/sorter equipment many times with no readability issues and does not result in damage to bank equipment. This quality is the result of a well designed printer, an originally manufactured MICR toner cartridge and high quality check stock.
Printer Features
Your Secure MICR Printer is equipped with some features to ensure high quality MICR documents.
Paper Type
Paper type settings, if selected through a driver, are set in the printer. However, the print engine keeps the printer optimized for MICR printing. Density is internally controlled for MICR printing and cannot be changed through the printer driver.
MICR Toner Low
When MICR toner is low, the printer stops and the user is prompted to load a new MICR toner cartridge. We recommend shaking the cartridge to prolong its life. Once low toner is sensed, there is enough toner to print an additional 500 quality MICR documents, assuming an approximate 5% average page coverage.
MICR Toner Empty
When the cartridge is determined to be too low to continue, the printer stops. A new cartridge needs to be installed to continue printing.
MICR Toner
Use only Source Technologies MICR toner when printing MICR documents. It is specifically engineered to print quality MICR documents with your printer. The printers’ MICR toner sensor is designed to work with the Source Technologies MICR toner cartridge to prevent printing checks with regular toner present. You may choose to use this printer for general office printing, which is acceptable. If a regular toner cartridge is installed, the printer will stop and prompt the operator to install a MICR toner cartridge.
Source Technologies does not recommend the use of refilled MICR toner cartridges. Although refilled cartridges are generally less expensive, they may result in expensive printer repairs and bank check reject fees due to inferior MICR toner formulation.
MICR Check Stock
Check stock has a large impact on the resulting quality and security of your MICR document. Here are a few features that should be considered when selecting a check stock. Please see Chapter 5: Security Issues for more information on check stock security features.
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March 2006 |
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