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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2008
Raphael F. Bov, Jr., Pittsford, NY (US);
Raphael F. Bov, Jr., Pittsford, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A magnetic character recognition (MICR) encoding device has a treatment station that applies a chemical treatment to the blank region as the sheets pass along the sheet path that compensates for a fuser release agent that a marking station uses. If blank region was not treated, the fuser release agent might detrimentally affect the printing of the additional magnetic ink markings. In order to properly align the blank region with the treatment station, the embodiments herein include at least one read head that is positioned before the treatment station along the sheet path. A controller analyzes the signals from the read head to determine whether the magnetic ink markings are aligned with the treatment station.