Printer User Manual

Source Technologies, LLC ST9650 Secure MICR Printer User’s Guide

PCL Font Call Commands

After PJL has unlocked the MICR Flash resources, the ST-9116 uses standard PCL5e

commands to print. The five resident Source Technologies MICR font resources are all

bitmapped fonts and therefore cannot be scaled larger or smaller than the bitmapped

images. These fonts can be called by either a PCL Font Selection String or by their ID.

The commands are:

E13B MICR FONT <ESC>(10O<ESC>(s0p8h8v0s7b360T The Selection

String

<ESC>(30802X The ID Call

SECURE NUMERIC <ESC>(16C<ESC>(s0p5h36v0s0b112T The Selection

String

<ESC>(30043X The ID Call

ICR SECURE <ESC>(1O<ESC>(s1p12v0s0b110T The Selection

String

<ESC>(30066X The ID Call

MICROPRINT <ESC>(2Q<ESC>(s1p1v0s0b112T The Selection

String

<ESC>(30055X The ID Call

CMC7 MICR FONT <ESC>14Y<ESC>(s0p8h8v0s0b361T The Selection

String

<ESC>(30803X The ID Call

MICR Font Note

The E-13B and CMC7 Fonts are 8 characters per inch. To position correctly, at an

exactly 8 characters per inch, the printer must be set to an internal Unit of Measure of

600 DPI or greater or must have a horizontal motion index command at 8 CPI be issued

after the font call. This is true even if the base printer is at 600 DPI. The default

character positioning is at 300 DPI and 8 into 300 is 37.5 pixels. The printer will either

round down to 37 or up to 38 pixels causing characters to creep. To resolve this there

are multiple options.

1. If you are using a printer driver that is set to 600 DPI, the printer data stream

should include a Unit of Measure PCL command set to 600. The command is

<ESC>&u600D

2. If the application controls the printer data stream, add the Unit of Measure

command early in the data stream. The command also affects X & Y positioning

commands. Add <ESC>&u600D

3. After calling the E-13B MICR font, issue a HMI (Horizontal Motion Index)

command set to 8 characters per inch. The command must be included with

every E-13B MICR font call using either the Selection String or ID call. The

command string is:

Appendix G