IDAutomation MICR E13B Font Advantage Package
DEMO
A license is required for each computer using this
software according to the
License Agreement.
Demo versions of this software may be used for
evaluation purposes only
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This package includes MICR fonts, security fonts, calibration
software, placement instructions and enables the
bank check design application.
INDEX:
MICR Font Advantage Package
Features & Specifications
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The MICR E13B font is a special font that is used on bank checks and drafts in
the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Panama, UK, and a few other countries to
print MICR characters for magnetic recognition and optical character recognition
systems. The MICR E13B font contains ten specially designed numeric characters 0
through 9, and the four special symbols: transit, amount, on-us, and dash. The MICR
CMC-7 font is a special font that is used on bank checks in Mexico, France, Spain
and most Spanish speaking countries. For information about the CMC-7 font,
visit the CMC-7 MICR Font Site.
- Advanced precise design - The font named IDAutomationMICR was created
to precisely match each of the printer's pixels when printing at 300 dpi or
300 dpi multiple above that. This precise font pixel mapping makes use of
our patent pending font technology. Using this precise font, it should no
longer be necessary to calibrate the font to the printer or use different fonts
on different printers, unless the printer is out of alignment. For printers
that are out of alignment, additional fonts are provided (in the Additional
Fonts folder) with a calibration tool.
- Security Fonts included - these unique fonts allow a more secure
method of printing names and amounts that help reduce forgery on bank checks.
For more information, please visit IDAutomation's
Security Fonts web
page.
- Created from ANSI and ISO specifications - IDAutomation's MICR E13B
fonts were created according to ISO 1004:1995 and meet the ANSI X9.27-1995 specification
for MICR E13B. Because they were created from the ISO specification, the fonts
meet the E13-B specification for other countries as well such as Australian
APCA Pub 3.3 and Canadian Payments Association Standard 006 Specification for
MICR-Encoded Cheques. These fonts have been in use since 1998 in various check
printing software programs and have been proven to pass the ABA banking standards
in the USA for bank checks and paper based drafts. The IDAutomation MICR fonts
have also been tested on several MICR readers and sorters including the UNISYS
DP500 and the IBM 3890.
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Bank Check Design and Printing Software Included - With the
2010
release of this product, IDAutomation provides software that may be used
to easily design and print bank checks in Windows. The software supports importing
of graphic images for signatures and logos and has many powerful features such
as VB scripting and database connectivity to CSV files, Excel, Access, Oracle
and SQL Server. For more information, view the
Bank Check Design and Printing Application user manual or
download the software.
- MICR Print Specifications Included - These specifications are a summary
of the placement requirements obtained from the ABA (American Banker's Association).
- Visual Basic source code - IDAutomation includes Visual Basic 6 source
code with the order. The VB source code has been extracted from a working check
printing application and should give ideas and guidance for automated methods
of printing bank checks using IDAutomation's MICR E-13B font.
- Compatible with Oracle eBusiness Suite and Peachtree - Some
accounting packages (such as Peachtree Complete Accounting version 8 or greater)
allow the use of IDAutomation's MICR fonts on custom check forms. If an accounting
package has this capability, MICR fonts can save on check printing and streamline
the check printing process.
- Embedding support - The embedding support of IDAutomation's MICR
fonts enables embedding in special PDF document applications such as Adobe Writer,
Distiller, PDF Lib and FOP TTF Reader. This level of embedding also supports
creation of OpenType and TrueDoc fonts for web pages.
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- 24 Additional MICR fonts provided
- The font named IDAutomationMICR was created to precisely match the printer's
pixels and should be used by default with any distributed application. Additional
fonts are provided for printers that are out of alignment. The following fonts
are provided in the package (all font names begin with IDAutomation):
Intensity
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Narrow 2
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Narrow 1
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Standard Width
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Wide 1
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Wide 2
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Extra Light
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N2XL
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N1XL
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XL
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W1XL
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W2XL
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Light
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N2L
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N1L
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L
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W1L
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W2L
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Normal
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N2
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N1
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IDAutomationMICR
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W1
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W2
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Bold
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N2B
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N1B
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B
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W1B
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W2B
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Extra Bold
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N2XB
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N1XB
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XB
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W1XB
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W2XB
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* Differences between some intensities and widths may only be noticed on
printers with 600 dpi or greater resolution.
** Fonts named MICR and E-13B are the same as IDAutomationMICR and are provided
to support applications that require these specific names. |
- Multiple formats provided - after purchasing a license for this font,
the customer will receive all versions in a single ZIP file. The manual is supplied
in a file named "Readme.html" in the ZIP file. The following fonts are included:
- TrueType TTF fonts are supplied in PC and Macintosh format. The TrueType
TTF fonts are compatible with Macintosh OS X and all versions of Microsoft
Windows, including
Pocket PC.
Macintosh formatted MTT TrueType fonts are compatible with Macintosh System
7.1 and above.
- OpenType OTF fonts with PostScript outlines and embedded signatures
are provided. These are compatible with Windows®, Linux, MAC and other systems
supporting the OpenType format.
- PostScript Type 1 fonts are supplied in binary, ASCII and Macintosh
versions.
- Also included in this package are PCL laserjet soft fonts at 300 and
600 DPI.
- The Developer License grants the right to convert IDAutomation fonts
to other formats as necessary including TrueDoc and OpenType.
- More information about
font types.
The MICR font should be printed at 12 points with a high quality
300 DPI or greater resolution printer. To create the correct output for the font,
you will need to choose the font in your application and type in the corresponding
letter:

To install the package in Windows, run the
IDAutomation_MICRFontAdvantage.exe setup utility.
This utility will install the standard MICR fonts, Security fonts and the Check
Design Application. If it is determined by the Calibration Tool that other fonts
are needed, these may be manually installed from the Additional Fonts folder.
The following describes how to manually install a font in Windows:
- Click on Start, select settings and click on Control Panel.
- Click on Fonts, click on File in the main tool bar, and select Install New
Font.
- Locate the font that needs to be installed.
- The MICR font will appear and look like this: font name (true type)
- select the appropriate font and Click on OK.
- Click Start and choose to shut down and restart the computer.
- The font should be active after the computer restarts.
Installing fonts on MAC:
- Drag or copy and paste the TrueType font file(s) ending in TTF to
the Library/Fonts folder.
- To activate the fonts, restart the application - some applications may require
you to restart the computer.
- The font should now be active in the font menu of your application.
To install the TrueType font on the Classic Macintosh
(OS 7.1 - OS 9):
- Download and install Stuffit Expander on your Macintosh if you do not have
an expander utility that can open ZIP files and decode MacBinary files.
- Open the ZIP distribution file that contains the fonts by dragging the ZIP
file on the Stuffit Expander icon. The font files will be extracted from the
ZIP distribution file and will appear in a subfolder of the folder you placed
the ZIP file in. Open this subfolder to view the font files. At this point,
you may want to view the documentation supplied with the font files. To do so
just drag the file "readme.html" to the Netscape or Internet Explorer icon.
- Now we must decode the files from MacBinary format. Drag the font files
that you wish to use that end with "mtt" to the Stuffit Expander icon.
- Drag the decoded font files to the System - Fonts folder.
- Restart the application you wish to use the font with.
- The font will be active in the font menu of your application.
PCL Fonts:
To obtain information about installing PCL fonts, refer to the PCLinfo.html
document provided in the PCL folder of the package.
Font installation
procedures for other operating systems are provided here
Free product support may be obtained by reviewing the
MICR Support
Troubleshooting Guide,
primary font support site
and by searching resolved
public help desk issues.
Priority phone, email and
help desk support is provided up to 30 days after purchase. Additional
priority phone, email and
help desk support may be obtained if the
Priority Support and Upgrade
Subscription is active.
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