MICR Check Printing

Just for the record, I wrote a program in C5 for check printing and we now
sell our checks all over the US. Very simple. We print checks for Quicken
Quick Books Peachtree, etc.

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Dick Foster
President
Foster Software, Inc.
www.cheapchecks.net

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> Just for the record, I wrote a program in C5 for check printing and we now
> sell our checks all over the US. Very simple. We print checks for Quicken
> Quick Books Peachtree, etc.[/color]

Hi,

Soon, I'll be releasing a product with payroll check printing and I'm
very curious if you are printing on blank check stock with just a
check on top with the lower 2/3's of the page used for the itemization
stub or printing 3 checks on each blank?

In testing, the HP laserjets can print the MICR routing strip no
closer to the bottom edge of the blank than 0.225" when the MICR spec
calls for 0.185" gap to the bottom edge. That seems like a big problem
to me.

But how critical is that gap dimension? And how have you reconciled
the different configurations in MICR routing layout of check number,
bank/branch number, and account number? I've seen business checks with
different configurations from the MICR spec sheet used by the same
banks (so there must be some tolerance to their OCR scheme).

What fixed layout rules have you found that successfully work through
the banking systems?

Thanks!

James

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