MICR Testing Products:

Position & Layout Gauge

Optical Comparator

The Verifier

The Qualifier GTX

Check Testing Services

Testing your checks to make sure the MICR line is with in standards is very important. Because a machine sorts the checks, a very narrow margin of error is allowed. If your checks fail to meet the MICR line specifications then the checks are rejected by the machine and have to be sorted by manually. Manually possessing checks costs the banks more money with is then passed on to you in the way of surcharges. Surcharges can rage from $1.00 to $10.00 for each check. With this in mind, it is easy to see how the expense of not testing your checks can add up quickly.

As and example consider the following:
One known corporation was passing checks not meeting the MICR line specification to the tune of approximately $8,000.00 in return check fees a month. Because the MICR line was not being read correctly, the bank had to manually process these checks. The bank then passed an inflated surcharge on to the company based on the large volume of checks being rejected.

It is obvious meeting your banks MICR line specifications is a sound business practice and could potentially save you money and time.
MICR Tech can offer many options to help you prevent incurring this unnecessary expense, including; MICR gauges that check for alignment and position errors, testing machines that check signal strength, and check testing services that alleviate you of the headaches of testing the MICR line yourself.