Source Technologies ST9612 manual

Secure MI CR Printer User’s Guide Released Electronic Copy ST Doc Control 07/02/2009[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide ii Copyright Copyright ©2009 by Source Technol ogies, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this docu ment may be reprodu ced or u tiliz ed in any form or by any means, electronic or mechani cal, inclu ding photocopy ing, recording, or by any in formation storage and retrie val sy s[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide iii Table of Conten ts 1. Printer and Driv er Installation ....................................................................... 1 Driver Ov erview ................................................................................................. 2 Downloading the Univer sal Dri ve[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide iv PJL MICRJOB ............................................................................................. .... 29 Fonts and Sec ured Resour ces ........................................................................ 29 PJL Unlock Seq uence .......................................[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 1 1. Printer and Driver Installation Note: To access Sou rce Tech nologies’ secu re fonts loade d on the pr inter, such as the E13B MICR font, download the unive rsal driver as desc ribed in the next section. The pr inter drivers on this CD may be used for gene ral office prin tin[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 2 Driver Overview Your new M ICR printer requires specific PCL 5 commands to load and pri nt secure fon ts such as the M ICR E13B font. These speci fic commands may be code d in to you r custom application, or if y ou use a softwa re program such as Source Tech nologies’ CheckPart[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 3 Downloading the Universal Driver 1. Browse to the UR L below from your w eb browser. http://www .sourcetech.com/suppo rt/drivers.asp 2. From this pa ge go to the section for the particul ar operatin g system you ar e using such as W id ows 2 000, XP, etc. 3. Click on your speci fi[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 4 Installing the Driver Note : Do not conn ect the printer at this time. 1. From the Source Tech Driv er folder, double-click t he driver installa tion program. Note: The name of the driver ’s .exe progra m will vary depen ding on the operating system be ing used. There will on ly[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 5 4. Leave the “Sav e files in folder” option as show n above then cl ick Next > . 5. After the installation p rogram in stalls the neces sary files, the following message w ill be display ed revealing the next step s required to install the driver. At the sa me time, an “A[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 6 6. Click Can cel if connecting th rough USB. 7. Power on the printer and w ait for the New Hardware W iza rd to appear. 8. Select “ No , not this time ,” then Next > . Printer and Driver I nstallation | 1[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 7 9. Select Install from a list or spec ific location (Adv anced). 10. Cl ick Next > . 11. Cl ick Don’t search, I will choose the driv er to install . 12. Cl ick Next > . 13. Scroll down the list and select Printers . Printer and Driver I nstallation | 1[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 8 14. Cl ick Next > . 15. Cl ick Hav e Disk . Printer and Driver I nstallation | 1[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 9 16. Sel ect Bro wse . Browse to the drive r files on your disk and then selec t Open . 17. Sel ect OK . 18. Sel ect Source Techno logies from the Manu facturer list and then click Next > . 19. Sel ect Yes to continue . 20. Once the files have copi ed, selec t Finish to clos e t[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 10 Configure the Driver to enable MICR Mode To unlock the secu re font resource s located in the printer, the driver must be configured to send dow n a separator page before each prin t job. The separa tor page contai ns the necessary commands to unl ock the resources . 1. Click Sta[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 11 Configure the Driver to Recognize the Printer Secure Fonts 1. Select the Fonts tab. Sel ect Update List . 2. Select the upper Bro w se button. Locate the directo ry that contain s the 96XXfont.pc m file and sel ect OK . 3. Select the Search Path button. 4. Select ST 96XX Font Col[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 12 3. Choose the port to which yo ur MICR printer is con nected and then select Next > . 4. Select the Hav e Disk button and the Browse but ton and locate the driv er files. Select Sour ce Techn ologies as the M anufacture r and select Ne xt > . 5. Choose Keep exis ting driv e[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 13 6. Enter a Printer name to differentiate it from the MICR instance o f the driver and then decide i f it is to be the default printer. Selec t Next > . 7. If you do not w ish to share y our printer on a network, leav e the "Do Not sha re this printer" button marked a[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 14 Selecting the Printer Printing Secure fon t resou rces from a Windo ws A pplication First, set the M ICR printer as the active printer – in most applicatio ns this is done by selecting Print from the Fil e menu. This is not ne cessary i f the MICR printe r is the default printe[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 15 Comparison of printer driv ers configured as MICR and non- MICR CONFIGURED FOR MICR CONFIGURED FOR NON-MICR MICR_on.sep separa tor page used Unlocks Secure Resources (fonts ) Copy Cou nt = 1 Jam Recovery = Off MICR Toner ONly DEFAULT M ICRJOB=ON MICR_off.sep separa tor page used [...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 16 2. MICR Ov erview MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Charac ter Reco gnition. All M ICR documents hav e a MICR line with numbers and symbols prin ted in a uni que M ICR font with magneti cally chargeable in k or toner. Each charac ter of the M ICR font has a uni que wav eform when sens[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 17 Hardcopy: Softcopy: Global Enginee ring Documents X9 Electronic Boo kstore Phone 800-854-71 79 or 303-397-7956 www .X9.org - click ESS Fax 303-397-2740 www .ansi.org - click ESS global@ihs.com or http://global.ihs.co m http://webstore.ansi .org The key standards that address chec[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 18 3. MICR Check Design General Features of Check Design To be a legal and ne gotiable documen t, the nece ssary data element s requi red on a check are the da te, amount, pay ee name, payer’s ban k name, and pay er’s signatu re. Other elements in cluded i n a good check desi gn[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 19 Data Elements Date The date is a re quired data elemen t for a chec k. It represents the day upon which or after which the transfer of the che ck amount may take place. The date is usually placed in the upper righ t portion of the check so it does not inter fere with the convenie[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 20 Given the avai lable area on the document, yo u may need to use a smaller font when printing large r value amoun ts. Payee A rea The payee is a nece ssary data element for a ne gotiable document. The paye e area is generally to the le ft side of the documen t either above or belo[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 21 Reserve District and draw ee institution. Consult with y our bank for the pr oper routing number and format for each o f your accou nts. MICR Line Accurate high-speed processing of your checks b y financial institutio ns is enabled by the accuracy and integrity of the da ta in th[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 22 Figure 3.1: Samp le Check A . Serial Number: M ust be in the upper right corner and match the se rial number in the MICR li ne (see D for further ex planation). B. Fractional Routing T ransit Number : Should be in the upper righ t corner and must match the routin g transit number[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 23 4. Quality Issues A high quality MICR document can be read by bank reader/so rter equipm ent many times with no readabil ity issues and does not result in d amage to bank e quipment. This quality is the result o f a well designed pri nter, an original ly manufactured MICR toner c[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 24 MICR Check Stock Check stock has a significant i mpact on the resulti ng quality and security o f your MICR document. Here are a few features that should be considered when selecting a chec k stock. Please see Chapter 5: Secu rity Issues for more in formation on check s tock secu[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 25 5. Security Issues Printing negotiable documents from blank paper on desktop M ICR laser printers makes security a top prio rity for any company embarkin g on a desktop chec k printi ng project. Combating fraud is a mov ing target. As soon as a new w eapon is dev eloped, maliciou[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 26 This also provi des for inventory control of blan k check stoc k. This number should not be linke d or be e qual to the check se rial number due to the potential of double feeding in laser printers. Note: These features serve as a general gu ide for check secu rity. Yo u should n[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 27 6. MICR Featu res Source Technolo gies’ secure M ICR printers are d esigned to allow both general o ffice document printin g and secu re MICR documen t printing. You may print a varie ty of conventiona l jobs with MICR tone r using all o f the printer features a vail able. Thes[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 28 MicroPrint Your secure M ICR printer also con tains the M icroPrint font. Mi croPrint text, being less than .010” tall, can be easil y read wi th a magnifying glass bu t appears as a solid line to the unaided eye. This font prov ides protection ag ainst reproduction by most sca[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 30 The PJL command s to unlock the fonts must prec ede all PCL com mands. The re -lock PJL commands mu st follow the PCL commands and final form feed command. The PCL commands can prin t an unl imited number of pa ges between the unlock and re-lo ck sequences. The following exampl e[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 31 bitmapped fon ts and there fore cannot be scale d larger or smaller than the bitmapped images. These fonts can be call ed by eithe r a PCL Font Selec tion String or by their ID. The commands are : E13B MICR FONT <ESC>(10O<ESC>(s0p8h8v0s7b360T <ESC>(30802X The Se[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 32 Refer to the Font Mappi ng Appendix pages for specific characte r set data for each font. PJL INFO MICR COMM A ND Source Technolo gies’ secure M ICR printers supp ort an op tional custom bi-di rectional PJL Inquiry Command . The command provid es printer and cartrid ge informat[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 33 9 = Full, 0 = Empty • Cartridge Count = x xxx Data indicatin g toner usage by counting pix els printed • Low Threshold = x xxx The Toner Low point based on ca rtridge coun t value • Empty Threshold = xxxx A cartridge count value that determi nes when pri nting must stop to [...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 35 Toner Cartridge and Photoconductor Units The ST9612 M ICR Print Cartrid ge is comprised of two componen ts: the ton er cartridge and the photocondu ctor unit. Toner cartridges a re availa ble in two models depe nding on the y ield: a 1.5 K page and a 3K page. The 1 .5K model ship[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 36 Toner Out After approximately 300 pages bey ond the first Ton er Low condition the printer w ill stop printing and display the Tone r Out condition. The Toner Low light wil l be ON steady and the Error light w ill blin k. All other lights wi ll be off. You must replace the toner [...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 37 Replace Photoconductor (printer hard stop) After the photocondu ctor unit exce eds 15% beyo nd the usable life point, th e printer wil l hard stop with the Error and Toner Low / Replace PC ligh ts BLINKING a nd the Continue button ON. If y ou press Con tinue, one page w ill print[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 39 PJL Re-Lock Sequence The last two li nes re-lock the secured fonts. The p assw ord is not changed in this example. FIGURE 8.1 SA MPLE AC COUNT S PAYABLE CHE CK MICR Comman d Example | 8[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 40 PJL and PCL commands used to print the sample check: <ESC>%-12345X@PJL LD ECLARE LRESOURCE:"flash:" LR W LOC K="PASS W ORD" @PJL M ICRJOB @PJL ENTER LAN GUAGE = PCL <ESC>&l2a1h 6d1e64F <ESC>&u600D <ESC>&f100y3 X <ESC>([...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 42 Append ix B: Secure Numer ic Font Mapp ing Description A lpha/Numeric Hex Value Secure Font Cha racter Character Dollar Sign $ 23 Left Bracket ( 28 Right Bracket ) 29 Asterisk * 2A Comma , 2C Dash - 2D Period . 2E Slash / 2F Zero 0 30 One 1 31 Two 2 32 Three 3 33 Four 4 34 Append[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 43 Append ix B continued: Secure Numer ic Font Mappi ng Description Alpha/Numeric Hex Value Secure Font Charac ter Character Five 5 35 Six 6 36 Seven 7 37 Eight 8 38 Nine 9 39 Arrow > 3E Example: Note: The secure fonts in the exa mple are mag nified for purpo ses of clarity. Appe[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 46 Semi -Colon ; 3B Less Than < 3C Equal = 3D Greater Than > 3E Note: T he CMC7 Font in the examp le above is magnified for pu rposes of clarity. Appendix D[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 47 Appendix E: Contact For more in formation, contact: Source Technolo gies LLC. 2910 W hitehall Park Drive Charlotte, NC 28273 www .sourcetech.com techsupport@sou rcetech.com 800.922.8501 Appendix E[...]

Source Technologies, LLC ST9612 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide 48 Appendix F: Photoconductor Replacement[...]

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