MICR printers

MICR printers, from a single desk to a million impressions a month

Eight MICR printers in two classes, from a 34 page per minute desktop unit to production systems that run to a million impressions a month. Every one is calibrated for the MICR line a bank reader/sorter reads, with ProMark™ MICR toner and the MICR Performance Guarantee behind it.

Size one against your volume Find the right class
  • 34 to 136 pages per minute
  • ASC X9 and ABA compliant output
  • MICR Performance Guarantee
A Pro C7500PM and a Pro 8410M production MICR printer on a polished concrete print floor, an operator walking between them

Rosetta Technologies builds on Ricoh engines your service organization already supports, instead of asking you to learn a proprietary machine.

A locked cabinet holding pre-printed check stock for three accounts, beside an SP 8400DNM MICR printer with a finished check in its output tray and a stack of blank stock on the floor

Why print on blank stock

Pre-printed stock

One product per account

  • Ordered in quantity
  • Stored under lock and counted
  • Obsolete when a bank, address, or account number changes
  • Destroyed, and reordered

Blank safety stock

One product covers every account, each check printed on demand

  • Change a template, not an inventory
  • Nothing to secure beyond the blank stock
  • Nothing to destroy when details change
  • Never short of a specific account’s forms
What a MICR printer removes from the building.
Start with volume

Two classes, chosen by what you print in a month

Speed is the number vendors lead with. Recommended monthly volume is the number that decides whether a machine lasts, and whether its MICR line stays inside tolerance.

The P 311M, P 501M and SP 8400DNM workgroup MICR printers side by side on a studio sweep, from desktop to departmental
4 models

Workgroup MICR Printers

A workgroup MICR printer sits in the office with the people who run payroll or accounts payable. It prints checks on blank stock on demand, which is what removes pre-printed check stock from the building.

P 311M, P 501M, SP 8400DNM, IP C8500M

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The Pro C7500PM, the IP C8500M and the Pro 8420M side by side on a polished concrete print floor
4 models

Production MICR Printers

Production MICR systems run nightly cycles where a rejected batch is a missed settlement window, not an inconvenience. These machines are built for continuous duty and measured in impressions per month rather than pages per day.

Pro C7500PM, Pro 8410M / 8420M, Pro 8310M / 8320M, Pro C7210XM

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The line, side by side

What the difference actually looks like

The P 311M stands 10.3 inches tall. The Pro 8420M stands 68.3 inches. A specification table flattens that difference into a row of numbers, so here are six of the machines side by side.

The Rosetta Technologies MICR printer line on low plinths: the P 311M, P 501M and SP 8400DNM in front, and the Pro C7500PM, Pro 8420M and IP C8500M behind

Heights of the six machines shown

P 311M
10.3 in tall
P 501M
12.2 in tall
SP 8400DNM
28.3 in tall
IP C8500M
30.7 in tall, main unit
Pro C7500PM
48 in tall, main unit
Pro 8410M / 8420M
68.3 in tall, including the attention lamp
Main unit only. Plan floor space from a quoted configuration, since feeders and finishers add width.
Two checks that look identical side by side on a navy surface, a line of ember light along the MICR line of only the left one

What makes a printer a MICR printer

  1. Magnetic tonerIron oxide gives the characters a magnetic signature.
  2. CalibrationProduction verified on a MICR verifier before it ships.
  3. Certified fontsE-13B or CMC-7, tuned to the engine and the toner.

All three present, and the item clears. The reader/sorter reads the line. With only the toner, the check looks right to a person and is rejected by the machine.

A standard office printer loaded with MICR toner satisfies one of three requirements, which is why its output still gets rejected.
The full MICR line

Every MICR printer we build

Eight models across two classes, side by side.

Model Class Print speed Resolution Recommended volume Color
P 311M Workgroup 34 ppm, Letter, simplex and duplex 600 x 600, 1200 x 600, and 1200 x 1200 dpi (1200 x 1200 runs at 15 ppm) Up to 5,800 prints per month Monochrome Request a quote
P 501M Workgroup 45 ppm, Letter 1,200 x 1,200 dpi, LED imaging, electro-photographic Up to 10,000 prints per month Monochrome Request a quote
SP 8400DNM Workgroup 60 ppm, Letter, continuous 600 x 600 and up to 1200 x 1200 dpi Up to 53,000 pages per month Monochrome Request a quote
IP C8500M Workgroup 45 ppm Up to 4,800 x 1,200 dpi Up to 50,000 prints per month Yes Request a quote
Pro C7500PM Production 85 ppm standard, 95 ppm with the optional speed upgrade, Letter, black and white and full color 2400 x 4800 dpi, VCSEL Up to 240,000 pages per month Yes Request a quote
Pro 8410M / 8420M Production Pro 8410M 111 ppm; Pro 8420M 136 ppm 1200 x 4800 dpi via VCSEL Up to 1,000,000 impressions Monochrome Request a quote
Pro 8310M / 8320M Production Pro 8310M up to 111 ppm; Pro 8320M up to 136 ppm 1200 x 4800 dpi via VCSEL Up to 1,000,000 impressions Monochrome Request a quote
Pro C7210XM Production 95 ppm, Letter, black and white and full color 2400 x 4800 dpi, VCSEL Up to 240,000 pages per month Yes Request a quote
A P 311M desktop MICR printer on a desk in the foreground, and a production MICR system with its operator across the print room behind it

Size on volume, not on speed

P 311M
Up to 5,800 prints per month
P 501M
Up to 10,000 prints per month
IP C8500M
Up to 50,000 prints per month
SP 8400DNM
Up to 53,000 pages per month
Pro C7500PM
Up to 240,000 pages per month
Pro C7210XM
Up to 240,000 pages per month
Pro 8410M / 8420M
Up to 1,000,000 impressions
Pro 8310M / 8320M
Up to 1,000,000 impressions

Recommended monthly volumes. The IP C8500M, Pro 8410M / 8420M and Pro 8310M / 8320M figures are maximum monthly volumes. Maximum duty cycle is a survival rating. Running near it wears the fuser and drum, and worn parts weaken the MICR signal.

Recommended monthly volume across the line. Maximum duty cycle is a survival rating, not an operating target.
Before you compare models

What actually makes a printer a MICR printer

The most expensive mistake in this category is assuming that MICR is a supply rather than a system. It is three things working together, and a printer that has only one of them produces checks that look correct to a person and get rejected by a machine.

The toner

MICR toner carries iron oxide, which is what gives the characters a magnetic signature a reader/sorter can detect. ProMark™ MICR toner is the first polyester-based MICR toner in the industry. A polyester base holds together and tolerates heat better than the polystyrene base most MICR toner still uses, which is why independent testing puts its reject rate at 0.1% or lower against a 2% to 4% industry-typical range.

The calibration

Every one of our MICR printers is production verified before it ships. Toner is formulated per print engine rather than sold as one universal product, fonts are tuned per engine for E-13B and CMC-7 character definition, and output is evaluated on MICR verifier equipment. This is the part no supply purchase can replicate.

The fonts

E-13B is the North American standard and CMC-7 is used across much of Europe and South America. The characters are shaped the way they are so that each one produces a distinct waveform as it passes a read head. A visually similar font that was not built to that specification produces the wrong waveform, and the item is rejected.

The full MICR explainer About ProMark MICR toner
A magnifying glass over the E-13B MICR line of a printed check, every character sharp at the edges

Two MICR font standards

E-13B

The North American standard

  • Blocky characters of uneven mass
  • Ten digits and four symbols: Transit, Amount, On-Us and Dash

CMC-7

Used across much of Europe and South America

  • Seven bars per character
  • The spacing between the bars encodes the character

Why the shapes look like that. Each character is shaped so that it produces a distinct waveform as it passes a magnetic read head. A visually similar font not built to that specification produces the wrong waveform, and the item is rejected.

Character forms shown are representative. Production output is set in the licensed fonts we tune per print engine.

The MICR Performance Guarantee

If your bank reports a MICR quality problem, we investigate it with your bank. Where the problem is verified as caused by our materials or modifications and cannot be resolved, we reimburse the fees your bank charges for rejected checks over their acceptable rate.

Applies to Rosetta Technologies branded Ricoh printers purchased in the United States or Canada from us or an authorized reseller, operated with approved supplies and our MICR fonts, and maintained under an approved service plan.

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