Patent ID: 6126073
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A transaction printer for encoding and reading MICR indicia upon said check at a point-of-sale in a single, sequential operation, said transaction printer comprising:means defining a check processing feed path;check feeding means disposed along said check processing feed path for feeding said check along said check processing feed path from a home position at which said check is inserted into said check processing machine to a MICR encode position at which MICR indicia are imprinted upon said check, and then to a MICR read position at which said imprinted MICR indicia are read and verified, and thereafter back to said home position at which said check is withdrawn from said check processing machine;a MICR encoding zone disposed along said feed path, said MICR encoding zone imprinting MICR characters upon said check when said check is in said MICR encode position; anda MICR read zone disposed along said feed path, said MICR read zone reading and verifying said MICR indicia that have been imprinted upon said check.