If you are truly going the MICR route, then you are talking some fairly niche (and thus expensive) hardware. Go talk to the SysProgs at your local bank and ask them what a MICR-reader goes for these days; also ask them if it's a main-frame only device (I'll bet it is). You probably will have better luck with a good flat-bed scanner and some decent OCR software.

One thing to consider, if you are looking to automate a check reconcilliation system, is that not all the checks you write will come back to you. More and more of my accounts are going over to electronic funds transfer. What appears on my bank statement is a reference to the check number I wrote, with no returned piece of paper (for example "DES:CHECK PYMT ID:3347") to close the audit trail. I suspect that I can get the paper check, it will just cost the Earth and half the Ocean to do it.

Sigh. This Modern Age....

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OGB

In reply to Re: (OT) MICR check scanning by Old_Gray_Bear
in thread (OT) MICR check scanning by leocharre

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