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you know the orientation of the characters that are being read in relation
to the imager (e.g., 80086996 could read as 80086996 or 96698008).
Default = Left-to-Right (LtoR)
OCR Templates
You can create a custom “template”, or character string that defines the
length and content of OCR strings that will be read with your imager.
There are several choices when creating a custom template for your appli-
cation. You can create a template for a single format, you can string
together several formats, and you can create a template for a user-defined
variable. These choices are described in detail below.
Creating an OCR Template
A single template allows you to program the imager to read any combina-
tion of characters in the order you specify. Refer to examples that follow
the Template Characters table below.
Template Characters\
Note: OCR templates default to eight digits, no check character.
a represents any alphanumeric character (digit or letter)
c represents a check character position
d represents any digit
e represents any available OCR character
g represents character from user-defined variable “g”
h represents character from user-defined variable “h”
l represents any uppercase letter
t marks the start of a new template
r multi row indicator
All other characters represent themselves. Spaces can be used.
Note: In MICR E13 B templates, TOAD characters (capital letters T, O, A,
and D), represent Transit, On Us, Amount, and Dash.