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About typing MICR characters
To create the proper magnetic stripe, the MICR fonts contain numbers, space, and separator symbols. In Sage 100 Contractor, the separators are created using A, B, C, and D and are compatible with current MICR font standard.
The data printed at the bottom of a
| Separator character name | MICR symbol | Letter to type |
| Transit | | A |
| Amount | | B |
| On-Us | | C |
| Dash | | D |
Each separator has a special meaning for the magnetic or optical reader just as quotes, brackets, and parentheses have for regular text.
- Transit: The data between two transit symbols indicate the institution from which the funds are drawn.
- Amount: What is between these separators is the amount of the
check . This is usually used internally by banks upon processing, and this field should not be used by customers under normal circ*mstances. - On-Us: This symbol tells the reader that the following digits represent the account number and other important information.
- Dash: This is sometimes used to separate items in the account number and routing information. Some banks replace it by a simple space.
Numbers (digits) have the same meaning as usual, occupy their normal place in the ASCII table, and can be typed directly from the keyboard.
Note: When using MICR fonts, the font must be set to point size 12.
MICR Example
The following is an example of the data that you might enter in a plain font and how it would appear to you.
012045078A1102 C120D0120450C
What you typed should appear on your
012045078
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