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Secure MICR Printer
User’s Guide
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Copyright Copyright Copyright ©2009 by Source Technologies, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Source Technologies, LLC. Published in the United States of America by: Source Technologies, LLC 2910 Whitehall Park Drive Charlotte, NC 28273 Author: Source
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Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. Printer and Driver Installation.......................................................................1 Driver Overview.................................................................................................2 Downloading the Universal Driver .....................................................................3 Unzipping the Driver..........................................................................................3 Installing the
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PJL MICRJOB.................................................................................................29 Fonts and Secured Resources........................................................................29 PJL Unlock Sequence.....................................................................................30 PJL Re-Lock Sequence...................................................................................30 PJL Re-Lock Sequence With A New Password Value .....................
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 1. Printer and Driver Installation Note: To access Source Technologies’ secure fonts loaded on the printer, such as the E13B MICR font, download the universal driver as described in the next section. The printer drivers on this CD may be used for general office printing but do not facilitate using secure fonts. For complete information on how to unpack and setup your printer, see your printer’s user’s guide. 1. Locate the CD that was
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 Driver Overview Your new MICR printer requires specific PCL 5 commands to load and print secure fonts such as the MICR E13B font. These specific commands may be coded in to your custom application, or if you use a software program such as Source Technologies’ CheckPartner™ Enterprise, these commands are automatically sent to the printer as needed. To print checks or other documents requiring secure fonts from other Windows applications please down
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 Downloading the Universal Driver 1. Browse to the URL below from your web browser. http://www.sourcetech.com/support/drivers.asp 2. From this page go to the section for the particular operating system you are using such as Widows 2000, XP, etc. 3. Click on your specific model such ST9612, ST9620 etc. 4. When the File Security dialog box appears, select Save. 5. When the Save As file dialog box appears browse to a folder you have create
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 Installing the Driver Note: Do not connect the printer at this time. 1. From the Source Tech Driver folder, double-click the driver installation program. Note: The name of the driver’s .exe program will vary depending on the operating system being used. There will only be one executable file included with the driver. 2. Click Next >. 3. Click I accept the terms, and then cl
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 4. Leave the “Save files in folder” option as shown above then click Next >. 5. After the installation program installs the necessary files, the following message will be displayed revealing the next steps required to install the driver. At the same time, an “Add Printer Wizard” will run as shown in the next step. 5 Source Technologies, LLC
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 6. Click Cancel if connecting through USB. 7. Power on the printer and wait for the New Hardware Wizard to appear. 8. Select “No, not this time,” then Next >. 6 Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 9. Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). 10. Click Next >. 11. Click Don’t search, I will choose the driver to install. 12. Click Next >. 13. Scroll down the list and select Printers. 7 Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 14. Click Next >. 15. Click Have Disk. 8 Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 16. Select Browse. Browse to the driver files on your disk and then select Open. 17. Select OK. 18. Select Source Technologies from the Manufacturer list and then click Next >. 19. Select Yes to continue. 20. Once the files have copied, select Finish to close the Wizard. 9 Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 Configure the Driver to enable MICR Mode To unlock the secure font resources located in the printer, the driver must be configured to send down a separator page before each print job. The separator page contains the necessary commands to unlock the resources. 1. Click Start then select the Printer and Faxes folder. 2. Locate the printer you just installed and right-click the icon. Then select Properties. 3. From the General tab, type a descr
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 Configure the Driver to Recognize the Printer Secure Fonts 1. Select the Fonts tab. Select Update List. 2. Select the upper Browse button. Locate the directory that contains the 96XXfont.pcm file and select OK. 3. Select the Search Path button. 4. Select ST 96XX Font Collection. Then select the Add to driver button. 5. Select the Done. 6. When you have made all of the desired changes choose OK to save your settings. Co
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 3. Choose the port to which your MICR printer is connected and then select Next >. 4. Select the Have Disk button and the Browse button and locate the driver files. Select Source Technologies as the Manufacturer and select Next >. 5. Choose Keep existing driver and select Next >. 12 Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 6. Enter a Printer name to differentiate it from the MICR instance of the driver and then decide if it is to be the default printer. Select Next >. 7. If you do not wish to share your printer on a network, leave the "Do Not share this printer" button marked and choose "Next". Otherwise, select the "Share as" radio button and enter the name you wish to assign to this shared printer. Then choose Next >. If you wish, you may enter the locatio
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 Selecting the Printer Printing Secure font resources from a Windows Application First, set the MICR printer as the active printer – in most applications this is done by selecting Print from the File menu. This is not necessary if the MICR printer is the default printer. Source Technologies’ fonts should appear in the application’s font formatting options. The fonts are named: ICR Secure 12 pt. MICR CMC7 8 pt. MicroPrint 1 pt. MICR E13B 8
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Printer and Driver Installation | 1 Comparison of printer drivers configured as MICR and non-MICR CONFIGURED FOR MICR CONFIGURED FOR NON-MICR MICR_on.sep separator page used MICR_off.sep separator page used Unlocks Secure Resources (fonts) Locks Secure Resources (fonts) Copy Count = 1 DEFAULT MICRJOB=OFF Jam Recovery = Off MICR Toner ONly DEFAULT MICRJOB=ON Secure Fonts enabled by 96xxFont.pcm No Secure Fonts ICR Secure 12 pt. MICR CMC7 8 pt. MICR E13B 8 pt. Mi
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MICR Overview | 2 2. MICR Overview MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition. All MICR documents have a MICR line with numbers and symbols printed in a unique MICR font with magnetically chargeable ink or toner. Each character of the MICR font has a unique waveform when sensed magnetically. Financial institutions and the Federal Reserve use the MICR line to identify and sort checks. The high-speed automated processing of checks and other financial documents depends on the
