Department of the Treasury (DY), Financial Management Service, 401 14th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20227

D -- UPGRADE -- INFOPRINT 4000 CONVERSIONS SOL RO98AM09440 DUE 092498 POC Dave Powery @ 401 14th Street SW #458A, Washington, DC 20227 The Department of Treasury, Financial Management Service (FMS), has a requirement to convert two existing IBM InfoPrint 4000 Advanced Function Laser printers to produce non impact Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) printing. The InfoPrint 4000 printers are installed in the following locations: Philadelphia Financial Center (PFC) 13000 Towsend Road Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19154 Austin Financial Center (AFC) 1619 E. Woodward Street Austin, Texas 78741 The conversion must be completed not later than October 31, 1998. The converted MICR printer shall be capable of the following: 1. Produce MICR documents at speeds of up to 354 impressions per minute for 2 up printing on 8.5 x 11 inch paper at a resolution of 300 dots per inch. 2. Print on 28# Treasury Check Stock. 3. Print MICR using the E13B font that meets all American National Standard Print Specifications for MICR (ANSI/ABA), X9.27-1988 and ANSI X 9.13 1990. 4. Print the MICR on checks and documents in such a manner that the print is permanent and not affected by erasure, smudging, moisture, handling, the passage of time, or by other methods which might be intentionally or unintentionally employed to remove or alter the printing without affecting the check itself. 5. Produce a MICR line on Treasury Checks that will clear through the Federal Reserve Banking system with a reject rate of one percent or less. Posted 09/08/98 (W-SN246997). (0251)

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