<s>
IBM	O
recognised	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
automate	O
this	O
processing	O
and	O
began	O
a	O
long	O
period	O
of	O
building	O
machines	O
for	O
this	O
purpose	O
,	O
a	O
period	O
that	O
started	O
when	O
IBM	O
announced	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
801	I-Device
Bank	O
Proof	O
machine	O
in	O
1934	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
eliminating	O
hand	O
written	O
ledgers	O
,	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
801	I-Device
automated	O
teller	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adoption	O
of	O
these	O
sorters	O
was	O
usually	O
linked	O
to	O
adoption	O
of	O
the	O
Computer	O
System	O
it	O
attached	O
to	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
first	O
1210	O
rented	O
by	O
Barclays	O
Bank	O
in	O
1960	O
was	O
used	O
purely	O
in	O
an	O
offline	O
capacity	O
before	O
the	O
Bank	O
bought	O
an	O
IBM	O
1419	O
attached	O
to	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
1401	I-Device
in	O
1963	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
by	O
IBM	O
in	O
1934	O
,	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
801	I-Device
could	O
list	O
and	O
separate	O
checks	O
,	O
endorse	O
them	O
and	O
record	O
totals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
801	O
is	O
unrelated	O
to	O
the	O
later	O
IBM	B-Device
801	I-Device
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	O
1270	O
is	O
an	O
OCR	B-Application
reader/sorter	O
that	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
sorter	O
engine	O
as	O
the	O
IBM	O
1255	O
but	O
with	O
more	O
processing	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1255	O
and	O
1270	O
can	O
be	O
attached	O
to	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
System/3	I-Device
,	O
IBM	B-Device
System/32	I-Device
,	O
IBM	B-Device
System/34	I-Device
,	O
or	O
IBM	B-Device
System/36	I-Device
using	O
a	O
serial	O
I/O	O
channel	O
adapter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
attached	O
to	O
a	O
System/360	B-Application
or	O
System/370	O
parallel	O
channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
1967	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
System/360	B-Application
Models	O
20	O
,	O
30	O
and	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
IBM	O
1210	O
Model	O
4	O
Sorter-Reader	O
could	O
be	O
attached	O
to	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
1401	I-Device
The	O
model	O
4	O
was	O
withdrawn	O
from	O
marketing	O
on	O
September	O
16	O
,	O
1960	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	O
1275	O
Recognition	O
System	O
is	O
a	O
check	O
reader	O
sorter	O
that	O
reads	O
OCR	B-Application
fonts	O
rather	O
than	O
MICR	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
sorting	O
engine	O
as	O
the	O
IBM	O
1419	O
(	O
and	O
the	O
IBM	O
1218/1228	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
an	O
additional	O
module	O
for	O
character	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
the	O
82	O
photodiodes	O
,	O
72	O
cover	O
a	O
scan-band	O
of	O
9.1mm	O
to	O
detect	O
the	O
OCR	B-Application
character	O
line	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
five	O
photodiodes	O
above	O
and	O
below	O
this	O
used	O
to	O
detect	O
cancellation	O
stamps	O
and	O
irregularities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
recognise	O
the	O
numbers	O
and	O
four	O
special	O
symbols	O
from	O
the	O
OCR-A	O
and	O
OCR-B	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
1412	O
Magnetic	O
Character	O
Reader	O
can	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
1401	I-Device
through	O
a	O
7080	O
Serial	O
Input-Output	O
Adapter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
machine	O
reads	O
the	O
magnetic	O
ink	O
characters	O
(	O
MICR	O
)	O
and/or	O
the	O
optical	B-Application
characters	I-Application
(	O
OCR	B-Application
)	O
that	O
are	O
encoded	O
on	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
each	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
application	O
called	O
Check	B-Application
Processing	I-Application
Control	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
CPCS	B-Application
)	O
is	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
main	O
frame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sort	O
control	O
programs	O
,	O
character	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
and	O
host	O
connection	O
are	O
handled	O
by	O
an	O
IBM	O
PC	O
server	O
in	O
the	O
control	O
unit	O
(	O
3890/XP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
A-F	O
models	O
used	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
System/360	I-Device
Model	I-Device
25	I-Device
processor	O
with	O
magnetic	B-General_Concept
core	I-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
is	O
SCI	O
(	O
Stacker	O
Control	O
Instructions	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
executed	O
directly	O
by	O
the	O
S/360	B-Application
in	O
the	O
model	O
A-F	O
machines	O
,	O
and	O
emulated	O
by	O
the	O
PC	O
in	O
the	O
3890/XP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
stopped	O
shipping	O
the	O
3890/XP1	O
with	O
OCR	B-Application
recognition	O
on	O
October	O
30	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
National	O
Bank	O
of	O
Coxsackie	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
State	O
,	O
who	O
purchased	O
one	O
in	O
April	O
1982	O
and	O
attached	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
System/34	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
while	O
IBM	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
3890	O
as	O
a	O
Document	O
Processor	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
both	O
a	O
cheque	O
sorter	O
or	O
a	O
check	B-Application
sorter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
3890	O
could	O
also	O
sort	O
documents	O
using	O
OCR	B-Application
(	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
MICR	O
line	O
printed	O
with	O
E-13B	O
or	O
CMC-7	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
IBM	O
term	O
for	O
the	O
3890	O
was	O
a	O
Document	O
Processor	O
.	O
</s>
