RDM Corporation (Research, Development and Manufacturing Corporation) is a technology company that has helped standardize the global check printing and processing industry.
- Located in Waterloo Ontario, Canada
- Developing MICR and print quality control solutions since 1987
- Acquired by Deluxe Corporation in April 2017
- Manufacturing check scanners since 1999
We challenge the status quo by raising the bar with more efficient technologies.
We are the experts in the areas of:
- OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
- Check Scanners
- Check Image Processing
- MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) E13B and CMC-7
- Remote Deposit Capture (Check 21)
- Electronic Check Conversion (ECC)
- Check Truncation
- Check Image Quality Assurance
Industry Standards
We are innovative hardware and software solutions developers that have helped to set and reinforce worldwide check industry standards, including:
- ANSI X9.100-20 for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)
- ANSI ANSI X9.100-30 for Image Quality Assurance (IQA)
- ISO fpr CMC-7 Print Quality (1004)
- ISO for Optical Character Recognition (OCR) A\B (1073-1, 1073-2)
- ISO For Print Specification OCR A\B (1831)
We help maintain and expand these standards to the ever-changing payment industry needs.
Consultants
We consult with many types and sizes of companies on how our MICR & print quality solutions can solve their print quality problems:
Security Printers
Financial Institutions Check Operations
MICR Printer Manufacturers (Laser, Inkjet)
Check Scanner Manufacturers
Corporates/Retailers
Government Agencies
MICR Toner Manufacturers
Industry Patents
We hold several hardware related industry patents:
- Small Document Image Capture and Processing Device with MICR and Printing Capabilities
- Document Processing Device
- Apparatus and Method for Presenting Both Faces of a Document for Processing
- Check and other Item Design for Reflectance Values
- Determination prior to Item Manufacture
- Dynamic Print Contrast Signal Determination for Paper Document
- Comparison of Optical and Magnetic Character Data for Identification of Character Defect Type
- Optical Waveform Generation and use based on Printed Characteristics of MICR Data of Paper Documents
We also license our technology. For example, Epson licenses our proprietary MICR recognition technology for its CaptureOne line of check scanners
Our Solutions
Our check scanner and print quality control solutions are a vital part of the complete lifecycle of a check.
Check Scanners
Our check scanners have been proven to have one of the lowest total cost of ownership in the industry with life expectancy of over 5 years or 1 million documents under normal usage with less than 1% field failure rate.
Depending on your needs, we offer two categories of check scanners:
Network Check Scanners with Driverless Installation
EC9600i \ EC9700i series – the world’s simplest of check scanners.
- Zero software to install
- Plug-and-play capability that work in any environment
- Compact, multifunctional, secure, efficient and affordable
- Range of single-feed and batch-feed models to accommodate business workflows
- Proven to lower the costs of installation and on-going support by over 50%
USB Driver-based Check Scanners
EC9100i series
- Compact, multifunctional, efficient and affordable
- Range of single-feed and batch-feed models to accommodate business workflows
MICR & Print Quality Control Systems
The world’s ONLY quality control testing equipment for the check printing industry
- Considered as the standard for testing MICR, OCR and image print quality
- Provides technical analysts with the “tools-of-the-trade” for detailed testing and reporting
- Automates the testing functions with consistency of results to ensure compliance with the standards
- Takes the guess work out of MICR and image print quality testing
- Performs simultaneous magnetic and optical testing in a single system to ANSI and ISO standards
- Provide pass/fail testing in a convenient, compact, portable devices
- Traditional MICR testers perform magnetic-only testing to ANSI standards