Source Technologies, LLC ST9620 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide
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Most check printers use this font in the signature area of their preprinted checks. We
recommend using this font to help deter check fraud. The text in this font can either be
fixed, such as the name of your organization, or it can be variable, such as the check
amount and payee name. The use of variable text provides an additional method of
protection against check counterfeiters.
Use of the “MP” designate symbol, to identify the line as MicroPrint, is optional. The
MicroPrint font only contains alphanumeric characters. Punctuation marks and spaces
are ignored by this font and do not print.
Bi-Directional Feedback Your Secure MICR Printer can provide MICR status messages to the check printing
application. This feature is valuable in a networked environment with multiple printers or
with users utilizing a printer located in another area. 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 MICR variables can also be seen by accessing the
printer’s front panel menu. Select Reports > Menu Settings Page. The second page of
this menu shows the current MICR variable configuration.
If USTATUS DEVICE=On, the printer will report PJL error 40020 for any MICR error
which causes the printer to go off-line. It will appear in this format:
@PJL USTATUS DEVICE
CODE=40020
DISPLAY=”MICR Password Error Press Go”
ONLINE=FALSE (formfeed----HEX 0C)
The code will always be 40020, only the display line will change to indicate the specific
error.
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