ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 1004-2 First edition 2013-06-01 Information processing Magnetic ink character recognition - Part 2: Print specifications for CMC7 Traitement de I'information - Reconnaissance des caracteres a encre magnétique- Partie 2: Specifications d'impression CMC7 Reference number ISO 1004-2:2013(E) LSO IS02013 Not for Resale IS0 1004-2:2013(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ IS0 2013 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2013 - All rights reserved No reproductic networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 1004-2:2013(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv 1 Scope .1 2 Normative references ..1 3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviations. 3.1 Terms and definitions 3.2 Symbols and abbreviations .2 4 Character configuration 4.1 Code description .3 4.2 Configuration 5 Means of automatic sensing ..4 6 Reference edges of documents 7 Print location. 7.1 Horizontal location .4 7.2 Vertical location .4 8 Clear band. 9 Character spacing and alignment .5 9.1 Horizontal character spacing. .5 9.2 Vertical misalignment. .5 10 Character definition and tolerances .5 10.1 Definitions. .5 10.2 Stroke edge zones and mean edges ..6 10.3 Skewanglea .6 10.4 Stroke width L ..6 10.5 Stroke interval P. ..6 11 Extraneous ink (spots) .7 11.1 Extraneous ink front ..7 11.2 Extraneous ink back ..7 12 Voids .7 13 Segment end zones. 1 14 Uniformity of ink ..7 15 Debossment ..8 16 Signal level .8 16.1 Description ofthe signal ..8 16.2 Definitions relating to signal level. ..8 16.3 Allowable signal level range. 16.4 Nominal signal level 9 16.5 Residual signal level ..9 17 Paper. 18 MICR ink permanence. 19 Drawings of the printed characters of Font CMC 7 ..10 Annex A (informative) Use of CMc7 Symbols .32 iii ded by IHS under license with IS ted withoutlicensefrom IHS Not for Resale