Printing OCR Characters (SAP Library - BC

Printing OCR Characters

Optical character recognition (OCR) fonts are machine-readable character sets widely used in financial documents. The OCR-A character set, for example, is used for printing routing information about checks.

See the following links, for information about:

Which types of printers SAP has defined to support OCR Printing

The procedure for Setting Up OCR Printing for other printer types.

Hardware/Software Requirements

To print OCR fonts, a printer requires either special built-in character sets or additional hardware or software. Some printers cannot print OCR characters at all. Be sure to check that this feature is available before you purchase a printer.

Testing OCR Printing

You can test OCR printing using the test procedure described in Testing Output Device.

First Page of SAP Printing Guide