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magnetic ink

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noun

  1. ink containing particles of a magnetic material used for printing characters for magnetic character recognition

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Each bank will simply have its entries typed up in special magnetic ink.

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Coming out next year is a new unit that will print the dollar amount of each check in magnetic ink.

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The U.S. method, which uses machines that are built by General Electric, National Cash Register and Burroughs Corp. as well as by IBM, electronically "reads" the numbers formed by magnetic ink on the check.

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