Xerox 6180N Generic MICR Fundamentals Guide - Page 155
A specified portion of the MICR line that is limited to a set of one
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Glossary embossment encoding extra auxiliary domestic field extra auxiliary serial field extraneous ink felt side ferromagnetic field fillers fine-sort finish font The raised impression of a printed character on a paper document. Embossment is caused on the back side of a document by impact processes that may use an excessive amount of pressure to imprint the character on the document. (See debossment.) Also termed with the type of non-impact printing. 1. Imprinting MICR characters on checks, deposits, or other bank documents. 2. The magnetized recording of data on the magnetic strip on a bank card. Area on the check where information is relevant to the bank only. Commonly used for a serial number in deposit transactions. Also called "extra auxiliary serial field." (Australia) See extra auxiliary domestic field. (Australia) Magnetic ink or other ink not intentionally printed which is located within the clear band. During manufacturing of paper, the pulp mixture is poured onto a screen so that the liquid drains out, leaving only the pulp, which dries to form the paper. The side of the paper that is exposed (away from the screen) is called the felt side. This side has a feltlike texture with more short fibers and sizing that the opposite (wire) side. Having characteristics of substances with magnetic properties resembling those of iron. MICR systems use a ferromagnetic dry ink. A specified portion of the MICR line that is limited to a set of one or more characters that may be treated as a unit of information. Compositions used to fill in the pores in paper to improve smoothness, opacity, and affinity for ink. Clay is often used as a filler. The sorting of a group of documents into a particular sequence for the next processing step. The fields that are sorted are usually some portion or all of the On-Us, transit, or auxiliary OnUs fields. The final coating or surface of a paper. May be rough or smooth, glossy or dull, etc. A collection of characters with a consistent size. Refers to the printer's internal fonts, or fonts stored in optional font cartridges and soft font diskettes. Generic MICR Fundamentals Guide Glossary-5