How to observe cheque printing rules?
printing cheques with MAPDRAW/MAPPING
Cheque-letters are used in many business sectors. In order to guarantee maximum security, the data is generally printed using specific fonts and magnetic ink to produce characters that can be read by electronic data processing systems, such as the ones used to process bank cheques.
One of the main benefits offered by this printing mode is the ability to print cheques and other documents on blank paper rather than pre-printed cheques, which means substantial money savings. MICR CMC7 fonts comply with ISO (International Standards Organisations) specifications to print special character areas mainly on cheques, cheque-letters and other bank documents so they can be read automatically.
Sample MICR CMC7 characters:
The MICR CMC 7 symbology differs from other bar code symbologies in that
it uses magnetic reading rather than optical reading technology. Compared to
optical bar codes, magnetic bar codes can still be read if there is
non-magnetic ink printed over them. For instance, a signature accidentally
printed or hand-written on top of a MICR print area would not damage MICR
characters. Moreover, MICR characters are easily identifiable by the human eye,
which makes falsification impossible.
This is where MAPPING
Suite comes into play mainly with the core product MAPPING.
- Cheque-letters can easily be mapped out using MAPPING. If the cheque is found on the next page of a document, the “two in one” option will optimize the number of outputted pages, which helps save paper.
- Using our Windows-based document composition application MAPDRAW, you can easily design the cheque overlay (static cheque background, logo, etc). In addition to Windows fonts, MICR fonts are also supported so your documents easily comply with the required standards.
