How can I read MICR from checks printed with an inkjet or laser printer?
Many check scanners have the ability to read MICR optically in addition
to reading checks magnetically. Applications that use this Optical
Character Recognition (OCR) feature can read MICR from checks printed
with inkjet and laser printers.
- If
you're using a scanning application provided by another company, ask
your software vendor's support team if your application has an option
that will enable reading MICR from checks using the scanner's OCR
feature.
- If you're writing a check scanning application, then instruct the scanner to
read the MICR line using OCR.
- See this tutorial for details: How do I setup Ranger's OCR parameters?