| Thanks to MICR check readers, thousands of retailers worldwide are reaping the benefits of moving customers quickly through checkout lines and verifying checks and magnetic stripe cards instantly at the point of sale. |
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| Check readers reduce fraudulent check accceptance, elimate point of sale line delays, eliminate mistakes due to manual character entry..
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| MICR stands for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.
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| MICR characters are the numbers and characters printed on the bottom of all checks which identify the bank, the bank account number, and the check number.
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| The MICR characters are printed with ink that contains particles which can be magnetized.
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| The high speed reader 'reads' the information on the check by magnetizing the MICR character line and translates the magnetic information into characters.
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