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Image Thresholding

Image thresholding is a process in which digital images are simplified from a full spectrum of colors or grayscale shades, down to a smaller set

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MICR OCR mismatch
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MICR / OCR Mismatch

A MICR / OCR mismatch occurs when the magnetic reading from the bottom line of a check or money order does not match the numbers

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Unisys Quantum NDP reader sorter
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Reader Sorter Machine

Reader/Sorter Machines, sometimes called by their nickname “Big Iron” in the banking industry, were large, extremely high-speed devices for scanning and sorting high numbers of

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MICR head
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MICR Head

The MICR head is the part of a scanner that reads magnetic ink, such as the characters printed at the bottom of a check. The

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Bitonal image
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Bitonal Image

A bitonal image is an image consisting of only pure black and pure white pixels. There is no shading at all — each pixel is

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Quantum DS with SmartSource Professional
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Duty Cycle (scanner)

Duty cycle refers to the maximum number of items per day that should be scanned by a device in normal usage. For example, a typical

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