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Standard 006 - Standards and Specifications for MICR Encoded Documents

This publication is the standard recognized by the Canadian Payments Association and the printing industry for MICR encoded documents within Canada. Requests for copies of this standard should be directed to:

Canadian Payments Association
1212-50 O'Connor Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6L2
(613) 238-4173

Standard Procedures For The Evaluation of MICR Encoded Documents

A supplement to "CPA Standards and Specifications for MICR Encoded Documents".

ISO 1004-1983

For those printers interested in obtaining more technical information pertaining to print specifications for magnetic ink character recognition, they are referred to the International Standard, ISO 1004-1983, which is available from:

Standards Council of Canada
45 O'Connor Street, Suite 1200
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 6N7
(613) 238-3222, or
(800) 267-8220

 

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