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IBM Infoprint 1352 MICR 40 Secure MICR Printer User's Guide Source Technologies 2910 Whitehall Park Drive Charlotte, NC 28273 www.sourcetech.com [email protected] 800-922-8501 - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 2
Technologies Secure MICR Printers. The user manual that ships with your printer contains details on printer setup and operations and should be read first. This manual should be used as a reference for learning more about MICR technology, and developing MICR printing applications. This guide was - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 3
2 The Check Processing System 2 MICR Printing Today 2 3 MICR Check Design 4 General Features of Check Design 4 Position and Dimension Gauge 4 Design Elements in Detail 4 Figure 3.1 Sample Check 9 4 Quality Issues 10 Printer Features 10 MICR Toner 10 MICR Check Stock 11 5 Security Issues - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 4
Trail Report 44 9 Error Messages 45 MICR Error Messages 46 Appendix A: E-13B MICR Font Mapping A1 Appendix B: CMC7 MICR Font Mapping A2 Appendix MICR Mode Command Summary A6 Appendix F: Audit Report Command Summary A7 Appendix G: PJL Based MICR Commands A8 Secure MICR Printer User's Guide - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 5
only required non-Default value that needs to be set in the printer driver. A majority of other driver options can be set for your particular requirements. The most obvious of these would be a Paper Tray selection if your application uses the Print Driver Setting. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 6
printed in the MICR line. Your new Source Technologies' Secure MICR Printer is specifically designed to produce high quality MICR documents. The Check Processing System As a MICR banks, are not formally part of the FRS. However, they have access to the payment services it provides and are subject - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 7
Convenience Amount Field ANSI X9.13 Specifications for Placement and Location of MICR Printing ANSI X9.18 Paper Specifications for Checks ANSI X9.27 Print and Test Specifications for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 3 © Source Technologies - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 8
machine may make an error in reading the data. Position and Dimension Gauge A MICR position and dimension gauge (Source Technologies' part number 205-1000MGE or within the paper size specifications for the base printer. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 4 © Source - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 9
check stock with any necessary information preprinted on the back. If duplex is necessary, we suggest a more aggressive test plan be developed to ensure print quality consistently conforms to the ANSI/ABA specifications. MICR Clear Band The MICR clear band is an area at the bottom of the check where - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 10
this font is in section 5: MICR Features. Drawee Institution Name The name of the institution where the maker's account is located is referred to as the drawee institution. The bank's name, city, and state are required. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 6 © Source Technologies - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 11
This line is located in the lower left quadrant of the check, and is not required. Data printed here does not contain any legal significance. Printing in this area with magnetic toner should not extend downward into the MICR clear band which is 5/8ths of an inch above the bottom of the check. Check - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 12
It remains blank until it is printed by the bank of first deposit. When the check enters the banking system, the bank of first deposit encodes this field from data in the convenience amount field. It will be bounded by Amount Symbols (/). Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 8 © Source - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 13
be assigned/opened is a required field. D. Aux On Us (46-55): This is a required field if the customer desires services offered by the bank which require a serial number. The dollar sign is required. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 9 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 14
's Panel. 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 - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 15
more information on check stock security features. Quality Quality MICR check printing with your ST Secure MICR Printer requires check stock that matches the printer's requirements. Source Technologies can supply paper specifically made for our printers. If you wish to order check stock from other - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 16
of most papers. Store your check stock in a cool, dry, environmentally stable and secure area. Protective wrappings should be removed just prior to use. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 12 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 17
Printing negotiable documents from blank paper on desktop MICR laser printers makes security a top priority for any company embarking on a desktop check printing blank check stock. NOTE: These quality issues serve as a general guide for check production. You should not consider these features as an - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 18
custody. 7. Use "Positive Pay" check services from your financial institution that match check number and dollar amounts to known information. Financial institutions should encourage full participation of corporate clients. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 14 © Source Technologies - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 19
your internal negotiable document printing procedures. Investigate employee backgrounds before assigning security authority. Split responsibilities, for example, an accounts payable production/security officer should not also balance the account. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 15 - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 20
to printing any MICR documents. MICR Fonts The E-13B and CMC7 MICR fonts are resident in your printer. Examples of these fonts are in the Appendix of this manual. They can only be accessed after MICR mode is activated by your software. A MICR toner cartridge must be present to print the MICR fonts - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 21
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. Resource - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 22
is powered off or reset. For this reason check-related resources may need to be loaded frequently. Resources stored in RAM cannot be password protected. We recommend storing all check-related resources in secured flash memory. MICR Menu Your Secure MICR Printer contains a front panel menu specific - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 23
stored in password protected nonvolatile flash memory. • Display "MICR Mode Active" on the printer's front panel. • Disable the printer's front panel menu system. • Set printer resolution to 600 dpi for printing MICR fonts. • Disable Jam Recovery. • Set the copies parameter to 1. • Sets Toner Low - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 24
, case sensitive, unprintable characters allowed. Factory default is PASSWORD. See also New Password Command. Command terminator MICR Definition Command &%SMCP xxxx $ &%SMCPxxxx$ (optional) Lead in sequence MICR count, the number of MICR lines to be printed during this print job. (4 bytes in hex - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 25
of the command. After the terminator is sent, the printer is returned to its default font. After each Print E-13B command, the MICR count is decremented by one. Upon receiving this command the printer will check to ensure a MICR toner cartridge is installed and set the copies parameter to 1. See - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 26
lower case) print. Special characters and spaces disappear. Load Flash Resource &%STL xxxxx password protected and will require the user to enter MICR mode with a valid password before they can be unlocked with the STP command. Values below 10000 will be unsecured. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 27
you to redefine the PCL values for Trays 2 and 3 to allow software and operational consistency with older printers in the system. Swapping ON causes any &l4H to be replaced with 5H and vice-versa. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 23 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 28
$ The key value remains in the printer until another key command is received. Printer power cycles and printer reset commands do not affect the key value. The dollar sign ($) is the command terminator and is required. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 24 © Source Technologies - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 29
MFP MICR Copy Defeat ON &%STMCDON$ MFP MICR Copy Defeat OFF &%STMCDOFF$ Both commands require the MICR Password Command. The ON command blocks the copy function with MICR toner. The OFF command allows the copy function with MICR toner. The factory default is OFF Note - Postscript Language print - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 30
in NVRAM and is retained through power off / power on cycles. This means you could send the command one time and all future print jobs would be converted. Special precautions are required if printer fonts and Macro's are downloaded to your printer. This might require you to disable the function - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 31
of your choice to STBEEP1. The Custom Beep command will not stop the printing process. NOTE: Beep Commands will not chain or link together. You cannot (duration 300) beeps at a frequency of 25. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 27 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 32
sequence. Any data following these trigger characters will not be printed and will be treated as Hex Transfer data until the Hex MICR Mode is exited, Hex Transfer will be turned off unless it has previously been activated outside of MICR Mode with the &&??&% string. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 33
identifying what tray the paper will be pulled from. This command is a printer reset PCL command which consist of the Esc character and printable E character and may via the MICR Menu. See Section 6, MICR Menu Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 29 © Source Technologies All - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 34
Section 7: IBM Host Programming Features and Examples Figure 7.1 MICR Mode Command Example The following example shows the MICR Mode commands and Hex Transfer commands in use. This datastream would print the check on the following page (assuming the check macro and the signature are loaded as flash - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 35
Figure 7.2: Sample Check Section 7: IBM Host Programming Features and Examples DUPLICATE FILE COPY CHECK NO: 1000 Road Kansas City, MO 59782 NON-NEGOTIABLE ;00001000; :123456789:1234567890123; Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 31 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 36
down. We are precisely positioning the MICR line. &%SMD....$ Print E-13B MICR Command. Prints the MICR line. Note the MICR font character mapping in Appendix A. &%1B$&f1S PCL command to Pop (return) the cursor to the pushed position. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 32 © Source - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 37
set line spacing to 8 lines per inch. If you want to reset the ESC character translation from the previous settings then you can send the &%STY Command to deactivate the translation. Example: &%STY0000$ Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 33 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 38
of the printer's MICR printing activity. The printer must have flash memory to utilize this option. Details of each flagged check record sent to the printer are provided two numbers after a decimal Secure MICR Printer User's Guide © Source Technologies July 2003 Page 34 All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 39
is activated, and the printer's flash memory becomes full, an error condition occurs. The printer will stop printing and prompt the operator to print and purge the Audit Report memory. See the following section for purge instructions. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 35 © Source - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 40
Three &%SQ3 d..d $ &%SQ3d..d$ Lead in sequence Data to be printed Command terminator This command identifies the data to be printed in the third column of the report. It is a maximum of 40 characters. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 36 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 41
Command terminator This command identifies the data to be printed in the seventh column of the report. This field is a maximum of 12 characters. The data in this field is recorded for the Audit Report only. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 37 © Source Technologies All rights - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 42
feature. This command can only be accessed with a valid password command. Print Audit Report &%SPRINT x $ Prints the Audit Report &%SPRINTxx$ Lead in string option(s) return-line feed (0x0D 0A). Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 38 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 43
Command &%SAF$ The printer will report to the host that sent this command every time an audit job successfully prints. Each report will be (0x03) The printer will continue to report until it is powered off and back on. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 39 © Source - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 44
Trail Reports The following example shows the Audit Trail, MICR Mode and Hex Transfer commands in use. &&??&% &%STFPASSWORD ; :123456789:1234567890123:$ &%1B$&f1S &%SQ710:33:45 AM$ &%STORE$ &&??!! Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 40 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 45
The datastream in Figure 7.1 will print the following check (assuming the check macro and signature are loaded as flash resources). DUPLICATE FILE COPY CHECK NO ;00001000;/123456789;1234567890123 ; Secure MICR Printer User's Guide © Source Technologies July 2003 Page 41 All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 46
position of the Audit Trail report. &%1B$(200X! Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 PCL command to print font number 200. In this example font 200 is a signature previously loaded into flash memory. Here we call it and print it with an exclamation point (!). Page 42 © Source Technologies - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 47
PCL command to return to the default font. PCL command to push (store print to the printer. The data is recorded in the Audit Report but this field is not printed on the page. Signals the end of a check and the end of Audit Report recording. Turns Hex Transfer off. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 48
SQ5= Not used in this report. SQ6= The date the check was written. SQ7= The time that the check was printed. All of the above fields will be printed on the check with the exception of field 1 and field 7. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 44 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 49
can receive more information about a displayed error by pressing Go to print the job which caused the error. Then inspect the printed page for a more detailed error message. See list of MICR Error Messages on following page. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Page 45 © Source Technologies - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 50
Menu). Replace standard toner cartridge with a MICR Toner. Go to proceed. If MICR toner is not available, you must power-off your printer and restart the print job at a later time when MICR toner is available. Check the Command (&%STL...) for syntax errors. Check the Load Flash Resource Command for - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 51
7 Seven 7 37 8 Eight 8 38 9 Nine 9 39 Example: &%SMD ;00001234; T01234567T3210987654321;$ will print: ;00001234; :01234567:3210987654321; 1Select only one alphanumeric character to call the font. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 A1 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 52
Appendix B: CMC7 MICR Font Mapping Command &%SM7ddd..ddd$ Description Alpha/Numeric Characters Hex Values Zero 0 30 One 1 31 1The CMC7 Font in the example above is magnified for purposes of clarity. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 A2 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 53
Bracket ( 28 Right Bracket ) 29 Asterisk * 2A Comma , 2C Dash - 2D Period . 2E Slash / 2F Zero 0 30 One 1 31 Two 2 32 Secure Font Character Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 A3 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 54
8 Nine 9 Arrow > Hex Value 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3E Secure Font Character Example: &%SMF($>>>1,123.00)~ will print...... NOTE: The secure fonts in the example are magnified for purposes of clarity. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 A4 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 55
9 39 Asterisk * 2A Comma , 2C Period . 2E Dollar Sign $ 23 Character NOTE: The secure fonts in the example are magnified for purposes of clarity. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 A5 © Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 56
#$ Locks Tray 1, 2 or 3 for MICR printing Unlock Tray Command &%STTU#$ Locks Tray1, 2, or 3 Tray Swapping Commands &%STTSON &%STTSOFF$ Turns tray swapping ON Turns tray swapping OFF Quit MICR MODE Command &%STQ$ Terminates MICR Mode Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 A6 © Source - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 57
does not print Prints Audit Report Ends Audit Record and PJL Job Prints and purges the Audit Report Caution: All previous Audit Report information will be lost. Formats flash memory. An error will occur if Audit Report has not been purged. Ends MICR Mode Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 58
Resources The ST Secure MICR printer has five fonts password protected in FLASH memory. The printer requires PJL commands with the correct password value to unlock the font resources, followed by PCL to print the fonts. They are then re-locked by PJL commands or by a printer power cycle. The PJL - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 59
printer action to any format problems or missing or extra symbols is to ignore the PJL command. This does make troubleshooting format errors difficult. Have patience! Note: Density and EconoMode PJL commands are ignored by the ST-9116. PCL Font Call Commands After PJL has unlocked the MICR FLASH - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 60
See Font Mapping Appendix pages for specific character set data for each font. PJL INFO MICR COMMAND The ST Secure MICR Printer supports an optional custom bi-directional PJL Inquiry Command. The command provides printer information and cartridge information for network management. The command - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 61
usage by counting pixels printed • Low Threshold = xxxx The Toner Low point based on cartridge count value • Empty Threshold = xxxx A cartridge count value that determines when printing must stop to ensure quality MICR documents Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Source Technologies - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 62
PASSWORD, the initial ship default. These commands and all following commands are all case sensitive. is used to illustrate the ASCII Escape Character, ASCII 27, hex 1B. An actual data stream requires the Escape Character, not . PCL Initial Set-Up The next two commands set up some printer - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 63
next 4 lines call our secured MICR font resources. We are using the ID for the font call. The Form Feed prints the page. PJL Re-Lock Sequence The last two lines re-lock the secured fonts. The password is not changed in this example. Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Source Technologies - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 64
FIGURE 8.1 SAMPLE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CHECK Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Source Technologies All rights reserved - IBM 1352 | User Guide - Page 65
PJL and PCL commands used to print the sample check: %-12345X@PJL LDECLARE LRESOURCE:"flash:" LRWLOCK="PASSWORD" @PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCL ESC>%-12345X@PJL LDELETEPASSWORD LRESOURCE:"flash:" %-12345X Secure MICR Printer User's Guide July 2003 Source Technologies All rights reserved
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IBM Infoprint 1352 MICR 40
Secure MICR Printer
User’s Guide
Source Technologies
2910 Whitehall Park Drive
Charlotte, NC 28273
www
.sourcetech.com
800-922-8501