FWIW, I do NOT print the Account # or routing on my checks though, just the check number at the bottom...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce A. Chitiea" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 4:51 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Fonts : 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. : :
