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SAP R/3 OSS NOTE 94233 FOR MICR PRINTING

SAP-Hinweis Nr. SAP-Hinweis Nr. 94233
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MICR font support

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Symptom
The customer would like to use what is known as the MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) typeface. Which printers are supported by SAP for this?

Additional key words
MICR, SAPscript, HPLJMI, jetmobile, LaserJet

Cause and prerequisites
Information on the supported products

Solution
SAPscript/Smart Forms has been offering the fonts MICR_C - MICR CMC-7 magnetic ink font MICR_E MICR E-13B magnetic ink font Enter these in the application form used as fonts in type size 100 (= 10.0 points) to call MICR font at the printer. Furthermore, a certain device type in SAP adapted for MICR must be specified for selecting the output device in Transaction SPAD.

Important note: It is necessary to purchase either a printer with installed MICR fonts, MICR toner and a MICR toner sensor or to add the additional hardware (MICR DIMM/SIMM module, MICR toner and MICR toner sensor) to an existing printer before printing MICR documents. Installing hardware into a printer should always be carried out under the guidance of the manufacturer of the MICR add-on hardware.

SAPscript/Smart Forms support the following MICR solutions which are based on Hewlett-Packard laser printers: Jetmobile MicrDIMM smart modules www.barsimm.com MICR Toner www.jetmobile.com

jetmobile MicrDIMM is available for the following HP LaserJet printers:

HP LaserJet 2300
HP LaserJet 3300
HP LaserJet 3310
HP LaserJet 3320
HP LaserJet 3330
HP LaserJet 4050
HP LaserJet 4100
HP LaserJet 4100mfp
HP LaserJet 4101mfp
HP LaserJet 4200
HP LaserJet 4240
HP LaserJet 4250
HP LaserJet 4300
HP LaserJet 4345mfp
HP LaserJet 4350
HP LaserJet 5100
HP LaserJet 5200
HP LaserJet 8100
HP LaserJet 8150
HP LaserJet 9000
HP LaserJet 9000mfp
HP LaserJet 9040
HP LaserJet 9040mfp
HP LaserJet 9050
HP LaserJet 9050mfp

Note: Some older HP LaserJet printers are also supported, please contact Jetmobile directly for information.

You can get the MICR kit from the Jetmobile partners listed in Note 121305. During the purchase, the entry of the HP LaserJet printer model used (for example, LaserJet 1200) must be precise since there are different MICR kits for different HP printer models!

Output of the MICR special characters with the Jetmobile solution or via SAPscript or Smart Forms: SAP font MICR_C (MICR CMC-7): To print the character "transit", you must enter letter "D" in the SAPscript form. To print the character "amount", you must enter letter "A" in the SAPscript form. To print the character "on-us", you must enter letter "B" in the SAPscript form. To print the character "dash", you must enter letter "C" in the SAPscript form. To print the character "arrow", you must enter letter "E" in the SAPscript form.

SAP font MICR_E (MICR E-13B): To print the character "transit", you must enter letter "A" in the SAPscript form. To print the character "amount", you must enter letter "B" in the in the SAPscript form. To print the character "on-us", you must enter letter "C" in the SAPscript form. To print the character "dash", you must enter letter "D" in the SAPscript form.

List of SAP device types for MICR: These device types (Zxxxx device types) are available as an attachment to this note.

HPLJMI
This device type is intended for printing the MICR font on HP LaserJet printers of series 4 (LJ 4, 4+, and so on) in which the jetmobile MICR kit is installed. The device type is delivered as of Release 3.1H.

HPLJMI should also work with HP LaserJet printers providing a Jetmobile MICR kit is installed.
Important note: Releases 3.1H and 4.0A contain a version of HPLJMI that is incompatible with the jetmobile MICR kit. In these releases a corrected version ZHPLJMI.PRI should be loaded from the attachment of this note and imported into the system.

HP5MI This device type is intended for printing MICR font on HP LaserJet printers of series 5 (LJ 5, 5P, and so on), in which the Jetmobile MICR kit is installed. HP5MI should also work with HP LaserJet printers of series 6 and HP 4000/5000/8000/9000 provided that a Jetmobile MICR kit is installed. The device type is delivered as of Release 4.5A.
Important note: This device type can only be used in 4.x releases! File ZHP5MI.PRI is attached to this note and can be imported into the systems Rel. 4.0A or 4.0B. The warnings occuring during the upload concerning "SP1X, SP6X" are to be ignored.

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