MICR or Magnetic Ink Character Recognition is the technology used to print special fonts on your check slips. Pronounced as “My-ker”, the technology gives you complete security over the credit slips and you have nothing to worry about. The specially coded numbers are printed on the bottom lines of the checks in US with the help of MICR toner. The toner is easily available and can be used for the Laser printers.
You cannot use the toner in Inkjet printers. Today, there are many companies offering variety of range of MICR toner cartridges that helps the banks to decode the bottom line code numbers. But, hold on! What if your checks are not processed! Not only you?d end up paying the service charge, but also will not be able to withdraw cash. HP MICR is a sound answer to print clear MICR code line at the bottom of checks that can be easily processed under the MICR based processors. The high quality HP MICR toner cartridge helps in printing clearly coded figures and you can simply go for secured withdrawals. However, it is also essential that you have a quality check paper available to make the best use of MICR cartridges. Any kind of bad quality check paper can make MICR spots on the paper and this would lead to cancellation of checks.