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From: jlister@slhisc.uucp (John Lister)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Computer Readable Font (for acct numbers on Bank Checks) wanted
Message-ID: <1991May13.134356.2845@slhisc.uucp>
Date: 13 May 91 13:43:56 GMT
References: <1991May2.191802.2778@beaver.cs.washington.edu> <12979@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Organization: Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc.
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In article <12979@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> eager@ringworld.Eng.Sun.COM (Michael J. Eager) writes:
>In article <1991May2.191802.2778@beaver.cs.washington.edu> dylan@june.cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee) writes:
>>
[...questions about printing checks on regular printers and comment that
the technology used is Magnetic Ink Character Recognition deleted...]

However, if you *really* want to do this, you can buy laser printers that
use magnetic toner from Xerox, NCR and others which you can use to print
checks.  I don't know whether they support PostScript though.  The last time
I looked at this (several years ago, when I worked for a bank), the base cost
was about $10,000, which probably makes it not worthwhile for the average
user :-).  By the way, there are various ABA regulations on the printing 
quality and the paper that the check is printed on (ordinary 20lb bond WON'T
do).

John Lister.