iSeries And Micr

[geojf]

Hi all,

We have HP 9050 dn that apparently has the MICR font on it. If I print out the HP PCL5e Permanant Soft Fonts from the printer's menu, it lists the font.

The printer itself is setup as AFP *NO and Host Transform Print *NO.

In trying to create the MICR, I have been using a prtf and in that I have a line:
13 1DFT(X'1B283132571B28733070382E31316-
8302E327630732D31623338343030-
54') TRNSPY

Which is the escape sequence that printed out on the above mentioned Fonts list from the printer - I just converted it the HEX shown in the command.

When I went to print the spool file I got an "Attributes not supported" message and when I ignored the message a few symbols printed on the paper and nothing else.

I have seen this printer create MICR code before, but I believe the package that created it was using it's own macros that it would send to the printer. If I knew how to create a macro for the printer I might be able to go that route.

That is my problem - how can I get the MICR to be printed? I cannot change the configuration of the printer and we cannot purchase canned form/check software.

Thank you in advance for your help.

George

[jamief]

Did you read thru this ?
http://www.code400.com/forum/showthr...check-printing

jamie

[K2r400]

To send an escape sequence you have to start with X'03'
After, follow with the number of escape sequences.
In your example you send 30 sequence (30 Decimal = 1E in Hexa) : X'1D283132571B28733070382E313168302E327630732D3162 333834303054') TRNSPY
Then you have to send :
X'031E1D283132571B28733070382E313168302E327630732D316233 3834303054')

[geojf]

Did you read thru this ?
http://www.code400.com/forum/showthr...check-printing

jamie

Thanks Jamie....but the printer we are using is not defined as *AFPDS nor can it be re-defined. Also, we seem to already have the MICR font on the printer (according to the printer's font list).

Thank you anyway.

George

[geojf]

Patrick,

Thank you for the suggestion. I will try that out today and post the results.

George

[geojf]

I changed the line in the PRTF to the following:

13 1DFT(X'031E1B283132571B28733070382E3-
13168302E327630732D31623338343030-
54')

But received the same results...the first message was "Attributes of file CKTEST2 not supported for device CHKLSR." And taking an "I" to that just printed out a few symbols

[geojf]

Maybe I am referencing the MICR font wrong? When I do a "pcl font list" from the printer, this is one of the ones included in the list"

Font: MICR
Pitch/Point: 8.11/0.2
Escape Sequence: <esc>(12W<esc>(s0p8.11h0.2v0s-1b38400T
Font #: SOFT 3
Font ID: 1003

Font: MICR
Pitch/Point: 8.11/0.2
Escape Sequence: <esc>(12W<esc>(s0p8.11h0.2v0s-1b38400T
Font #: SOFT 4
Font ID: 1004

[CessnaDriver]

Does the printer have a MICR toner cartridge in it?

Having the font is one thing, but you have to use a magnetic ink for the banks to read it.

[geojf]

Yes...we have the MICR toner cartridges.