Printing OCR Characters
OCR (optical character recognition) fonts are machine-readable fonts widely used in financial documents. The OCR-A character set, for example, is used for printing routing information on checks.
For more information about the topics below, see the links:
· 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 character sets, 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.
For more information about which device types support OCR characters sets and whether they require additional firmware/font cassettes, see SAP Note 8928 in the SAP Service Marketplace.
Testing OCR Printing
You can test OCR printing using the test procedure described in Testing Output Devices.
See also:
Output Devices in the SAP Spool System
