Dick: As one of the original developers of "desktop forgery" back in the mid-1980's, we were very successful with property and financial management firms looking to eliminate their strong rooms filled with preprinted checks for multiple accounts.
Over time, although we welcomed all single-account comers to the party, we found the financial payback accrued to those firms (property/financial management) firms servicing multiple accounts. For many single-account applications, by the time font, paper and toner was acquired, the payback relative to Deluxe-purchased checks was solely the good feeling of home-grown. No doubt the economics have changed in twenty-five years, so grain of salt that. Besides selection of a COMPETENT MICR font, ABSOLUTELY PRECISE placement of the assembled MICR line relative to the *rightmost* and *bottom* physical edges of the check form is critical to a successful implementation. Most applications out there want to format from top and left, so be aware. If you can guarantee placement from one check to the next, batch to batch, you've got it made. R:Base can certainly meet that requirement. Also, while both magnetic and optical scanners are used across the banking industry, you have to accommodate those banks using magnetic scanning. Your printer must be able to accommodate toner(s) with a magnetic profile capable of producing characters-on-paper with signal strengths falling within the range specified by the ABA MICR standard. Too high or too low and it's all over. It appears that others on the list have good selection experience to share. I forget who on the list said it, but I agree that for single-account situations blank forms with the MICR line preprinted are the best all-around approach. Go to town with R:Base-generated check bodies. Just be sure to secure the paper stock. Desktop forgery is alive and well. Cheers, Bruce Chitiea SafeSectors, Inc. eCondoMetrics 909.238.9012 cell -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dick Fey Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 1:06 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Fonts Hi all.. Anyone know what font is required to print the routing and account numbers on checks? Dick Fey Carpet Broker Inc.
