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ST Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 13 2006, Source Technologies
March 2006 All Rights Reserved
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.