Looking for MICR check printing software that doesn't suck
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I work at a bank and we have been using an application called MMS Forms from Blauser Technologies for like 10 years to print temporary checks and loan coupons. It totally sucks. It looks like something out of 1995 and the annual update process is very confusing and nonsensical. It's not a big complex to-do or anything, just messy and different than a normal, modern application. Updating the check image graphic requires using something like InfraView with a plugin to edit a .pcx file. I could go on. All we use MMS Forms for is to print temporary checks which obviously requires a MICR printer and then loan coupons. I can't imagine the software has to be "special" or something crazy...
I searched around the internet but keep finding equally questionable looking applications. I'm hoping some of you here have used something in the past that maybe worked well.
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Isn't the MICR just in the toner? Does that part even matter? Maybe I'm wrong and those printers actually have two types of toner in them...
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@dashrender said in Looking for MICR check printing software that doesn't suck:
Isn't the MICR just in the toner? Does that part even matter? Maybe I'm wrong and those printers actually have two types of toner in them...
That's what I was wondering. And yes, MICR is just magnetic ink. I don't know if I could even just technically use Microsoft Word to print on them using the MICR printer....
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@dave247 said in Looking for MICR check printing software that doesn't suck:
@dashrender said in Looking for MICR check printing software that doesn't suck:
Isn't the MICR just in the toner? Does that part even matter? Maybe I'm wrong and those printers actually have two types of toner in them...
That's what I was wondering. And yes, MICR is just magnetic ink. I don't know if I could even just technically use Microsoft Word to print on them using the MICR printer....
I think you can. Only one way to find out
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@dashrender said in Looking for MICR check printing software that doesn't suck:
@dave247 said in Looking for MICR check printing software that doesn't suck:
@dashrender said in Looking for MICR check printing software that doesn't suck:
Isn't the MICR just in the toner? Does that part even matter? Maybe I'm wrong and those printers actually have two types of toner in them...
That's what I was wondering. And yes, MICR is just magnetic ink. I don't know if I could even just technically use Microsoft Word to print on them using the MICR printer....
I think you can. Only one way to find out
you know what, you're right hahaha
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Turns out I would also need proper MICR font, like this https://www.1001fonts.com/micr-encoding-font.html
