ANSI X9.100-171:2005 pdf download.Specifications for Automated ldentification of Security Features.
4.11
MICR clear band (ANS X9.271X9.100-20)
See clear band (MICR)
4.12
pointer (ANS X9.100-171(X9.85)
A bar half-bar barcode for Identifying secunty features present on a check.
4.13
print contrast signal (PCS) (ANS X9.7/X9.100-11O)
The ratio of the print contrast of a specific printed point to the reflectance of its surrounding background.
4.14
registered security feature (RSF) (ANS X9.100.1711X9.85)
A security feature or group of security features on a check which is registered with X9 and assigned a unique
binary identifier.
4.15
trailing edge (ANS X9.1 00-1 60-1 1X9.13)
The left edge of a document when its face is viewed
4.16
trigger (ANS X9.100-1711X9.85)
A designated MICR character i the EPC field used for alerting processing equipment that a registered security
feature(s) is present.
5 Trigger
The trigger shall be a MICR character 8 in the EPC field and its use is to identify that a Registered Security Feature (RSF) is present. Refer to ANS X9.100-160 for proper placement of a MICR character in the EPC field.
6 Pointer
6.1 Pointer Identification
The pointer shall be a twelve-bit Bar Half-Bar barcode The full bar shall indicate the binary one and the half bar shall indicate the bmary zero. The barcode shall be bracketed by four bars, two on each end, and the height of this bar shall be 1.5 times the height of the fuN bar. The barcode identifies different security features and combinations of security features. The barcode shall be in a specified region of a check as per paragraph 6.2.1 (see Figures 1 2 arid 3).
6.2 Bar Half-Bar Print Location Requirements
6.2.1 Print Location
The printed Bar Hall-Bar barcode shall be wholly contained within a 0.500 inch zone that slretcties from the leading edge of the document to the trailing edge. The bottom edge of the zone shall be 0.625 inches from the aligning edge of the document and the top edge shall be 1.125 Inches from the aligning edge. The print zone requirements are shown in Figure 1.
7 Security Feature Registration
In order to use this standard, a security feature or combination of security features shall be registered and shall use a unique binary identifier. For approval and assignment of a binary identifier for a security feature(s)
application, the interested party must contact the X9 comittee and provide the information found in Annex A of
this Standard. The X9 comittee may be contacted at the fllowing address:
X9 Committee Secretariat
American Standards Comittee X9, Inc.
PO Box 4035
Annapolis, Maryland 21403 USA
The comittee can also be contacted through the following web address.
www.X9.org
If needed, an application can be sent to the requestor eilther by mail or e-mail. The completed application, along
with a written request for approval upon company letterhead, shall be mailed to the X9 committee. A fee is also
required with the submitted application to help offset additional administrative functions associated with security feature(s) registration.
